Strong sense of community grows with annual Garden City Easter egg hunt

Strong sense of community grows with annual Garden City Easter egg hunt

By Claire Hubbard

Garden City will be sponsoring the 12^th annual Easter egg hunt at Garden City Park on Friday. Through the years, the event has grown, along with the sense of community this event has given to the locals.  

“For this special holiday, we want to have something for the community,” said Susan House, the chairman for the event. “To have everyone come together.”

More families attend this event every year. House expects about 200 kids and their parents to attend. To be sure everyone is involved, the committee will be purchasing 2000 plastic eggs.

“We try to emphasize community civility at the event,” House said. “All participants are told to get ten eggs and then to make sure their neighbor has ten eggs.”

Darin Pugmire, a Garden City council member, appreciates the loyalty that is shown to the children at this event.

“They make it fair and fun for everyone,” Pugmire said. “It’s important the children learn these skills at an early age.”

The eggs are spread out in a field by age group. The age groups are zero-three, four-six, seven-nine and 10-12 year olds.

The committee will be making the course wider this year, instead of longer, so no children get stuck in the back, according to House.

“We want to get the whole community involved,” said Kathy Hislop, a Garden City assistant. “There is a drop box at the event where participants can donate for next year and local businesses donate when able.”