Children happily rush to collect plastic, candy-filled eggs at the Charlie D. Sydnor Playground on South Side. Police Chief Alfred Durham gave the signal to put the children in motion at the pre-Easter event last Saturday at the public playground and park. Location: 15th and Maury streets. This was the third year for the event hosted by the group Putting Communities Together.

Racers in bicycle motocross, also known as BMX, furiously pedal on the BMX track at Gillies Creek Park in Fulton Bottom. They recently competed in the opening race of the season that stretches into November. More than 60 BMX racers from age 2 (push bikes) and up compete at the track about 1:30 p.m. most Sundays. Registration and practices start at noon. The 1,050-foot track opened in 1998 and is designed in the form of the cursive letter M, with three asphalt turns, four dirt straightaways and a variety of jumps. Details: www.richmondbmx.com.

Carver Elementary School Principal Kiwana S. Yates, right, is all smiles as she is celebrated during a school assembly Wednesday for winning a 2015 R.E.B. Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership. She was one of four Richmond area principals to be honored by the R.E.B. Foundation in partnership with The Community Foundation. Mrs. Yates was joined by her husband, Darnell Yates, and her mother, Patricia Evans-Branch, at the assembly, where she was presented with a check for $15,000. Half of that is for her personal use. The other $7,500 will be used for educational field trips, she said. “I was very excited and surprised,” Mrs. Yates told the Free Press of the ceremony. “The fact that the staff and students were able to pull off such a wonderful event was priceless. This made my heart melt.”

Tanya Wilkins, embraces her nephew, Messiah Gilliam-Cox, as they dance at the Mother/Son and Father/Daughter Red Carpet Dance sponsored by Richmond’s J.L. Francis Elementary School PTA.

Students sporting colorful masks, tiaras and crowns hit the dance floor at the festive family event held at Second Baptist Church of South Richmond.

Give Brian McGee an “A” for originality in proposing marriage at the Monument Avenue 10K race last Saturday. First, he drops to his knee to propose to Jennifer Lane after they crossed the finish line near Monroe Park.

Shocked, but obviously delighted, she can’t contain her excitement as he slides the engagement ring on her finger as onlookers watch and capture the moment on their cell phones.

The lovebirds then share a warm embrace.

Nyjah Caleb, 2, holds a palm frond at East End Fellowship’s Palm Sunday worship service in Church Hill. She and others waved their palms to symbolize the palm branches the crowd scattered in front of Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem a few days before his crucifixion and resurrection that Christians will celebrate this weekend.