GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) - It’s Back!  The Gridley Lions Club 44^th Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Vierra Park is happening live and in-person!  No drive through like last year. 

The Easter Egg Hunt is a time-honored tradition in Gridley. Come and participate on Saturday, April 16^th.  The Hunt starts at 11:00 am. 

Gridley Lions will be dying 400 dozen (that’s 4,800) hard-boiled eggs.  It takes five hours for the Gridley Lions to dye the eggs, an hour to hide them and the hunt is over in approximately 5 minutes! 

This hunt is for children ages 0 to 9. The Easter Egg Hunt is divided into hunting groups which are “very young” and “mid-age”.  Children in the “very young” group would be ages 0-1, 2-3, 4-5. Parents are allowed in the roped off “very young” areas and can help their young child find eggs.  Each of the “very young” participants gets a raffle ticket to win a stuffed bunny for their respective age group.

Next is the “mid-age” children’s groups: ages 6-7, 8-9.  No parents or older siblings are allowed in the “mid-age” areas.  They hunt eggs on their own. For them, 5 prize eggs will be painted silver, 5 will be painted gold and 1 will be painted gold and silver.  These prize eggs are hidden with all the other eggs, and when one is found that child turns it in for a stuffed bunny prize.  

Members of the Miss Butte County Scholarship Program will be present, as will the Easter Bunny.  Other activities are scheduled at Vierra Park to add to the fun, good time for all.  The hunt is free to the public, but the Lions Club asks that you bring a canned good item to donate to a local food closet if possible.

Gridley Lions is getting ready and set to go so the children of this town will have an Easter Egg Hunt to remember!