By: Charles Romans
Carter County Times
The popular Community Easter Egg Hunt returns to Grayson again this year on April 4 at 2 p.m., courtesy of Grayson Tourism. This year the event will be held on the lawn of the Kentucky Christian University with plenty of room for the Easter Bunny and his helpers to hide brightly colored eggs filled with holiday surprises. The hunt will be arranged into five separate age groups, for kids from 0 to 14 years of age, with a grand prize for each of those groups.
There will be over 1,000 eggs hidden for each division, and in each division, there will be one golden ticket hidden in one of those eggs, with the lucky hunter who finds it named the grand prize winner for that division. Before and after – and most likely during – the hunt everyone can enjoy cotton candy and a planned bake sale of goodies. And topping the fun off, the Easter Bunny himself will be there for everyone to meet and take pictures.
“There will be lots of cotton candy and we are putting together a bake sale, so there should be lots of little trinkets and goodies to buy,” tourism director Lana Axtell said of the returning event.
She said she was sure everyone who attends this year will have loads of holiday fun like they did last year, but Axtell said she has a favorite part herself.
“I really enjoy when the little ones, like the two and under, go running through the field and getting eggs. That’s my favorite part of all of it.”
Another favorite is seeing the kids meet the Easter Bunny.
“The Easter Bunny is something everyone seems to enjoy,” Axtell said. “We have him every year and people can take pictures with him free of charge.”
Grayson Tourism does not have a professional photographer at the event, but Axtell said that people are more than welcome to snap pictures with their cameras and cell phones. For those who wish to help with the event in other ways, she said, volunteers are always welcome.
“There is a way the community can help us out,” Axtell said of the upcoming event. “We are still looking for volunteers for the Easter egg hunt, and it would be wonderful if anyone wants to hop in and help.”
Axtell said it would be great, for instance, if any local school groups needed volunteer hours for their own various organizations and school groups and wanted to contact her office.
For instance, she noted, “There is a group of kids from the college who will be helping out to fill the eggs, and I am really grateful for that.”
Axtell said the young egg hunters can look forward to different surprises inside of the plastic eggs used for the hunt.
“Of course, there is candy,” she said. “But there could also be little prizes, and also there is one golden ticket hidden in each division. The grand prize for these divisions is a rather large stuffed rabbit that any kid would love to take home to play with on Easter and really all year long.”
Grayson Tourism is constantly looking for ways to enrich the lives of Grayson residents, Axtell said, and she believes events like the Easter egg hunt serve that purpose.
“People get to come out with their kids and enjoy some truly family friendly fun,” she said. “And that makes everything better for everyone.”
Contact the writer at charles@cartercountytimes.com
