Bonni got the idea to make the baskets from a television show “Zoom,” which featured a child making Easter baskets for his community.“I thought, I want to do this,” Bonni said, after seeing the show.

The girls dress up as Easter Bunny and Easter Chickee to deliver the baskets personally to each child the Saturday before Easter. The baskets are given to children at a shelter operated by Central Arizona Shelter Services in Phoenix.

Asked what the children think of the baskets, Bonni said they love them.

“They get so excited and we try to figure out which basket is best for each child,” she said, adding each basket is unique to the child’s age.

This year someone donated some Easter dresses. The girls plan to take the Easter dresses for small children and place them in Easter hats used as baskets, said Bonni’s mother, Denise. Typically, a teenaged boy might get a backpack filled with a ball, sunglasses and a ball cap. Every child gets a stuffed animal, a book and a toy.

“It’s fun to walk by and see the children play with their baskets,” Lindsea said.

The girls collect donations all year long, Denise said.