This weekend people all over the country will be participating in Easter Egg Hunts. Some will be looking for real boiled eggs, while others, like those who participate at the Dodge Park Church’s hunt, will be looking for plastic eggs filled with candy and prizes.

Easter Egg Hunts and Egg Rolling are activities that have been associated with the holiday for many years. In the U.S., Dolley Madison organized an egg roll on the grounds of what was then the new Capitol building. After complaints that the egg roll was damaging the lawn at the Capitol, they moved the fun to the White House, where it has been ever since.

When an egg hunt is designed specifically for young children, eggs are hidden, but not so that they can’t ever be found. When older children, teens or adults are involved, the prizes in the eggs sometimes get costlier and the eggs get harder and harder to find.

Some towns have even made the Guinness Book of World Records for hiding tens or thousands of eggs.

The Dodge Park Church promises more than 1500 eggs. It may not break a world record, but it is sure to be a world of fun.

Dodge Park Church
161/2 Mile and Dodge Park Road
586-979-3138