One-year-old Conrad Lundy examines his find at Lampe park during the 20-30s Club Easter egg hunt Sunday.
Photo by Sarah Drinkwine.
More than 16,000 plastic and hard-boiled eggs sprinkled color on the fields at Lampe Park during the return of the Carson Valley Active 20-30 Club’s annual Easter egg hunt Sunday.
Club member and Egg Hunt Chairman Tommy Lovell said this was the biggest egg hunt hosted since it started in the 1936.
“We’ve been wanting to make it bigger and better and have the most eggs we’ve ever done and not being able to hold the egg hunt for three years, we really wanted to make that happen this year.”
Lovell said due to restrictions from the coronavirus, the egg hunt has not been hosted since 2019.
“It was great to be able to do it this year and continue the tradition because that’s what the 20-30 club is all about is putting on events for the community and keeping those traditions alive, and it’s cool to be a part of that,” he said.
Red Hut Cafe on Kingsbury provided the hard-boiled eggs for the event and Lovell said the club nearly cleared out the Gardnerville Walmart of plastic eggs and candy.
“It took eight hours for us to dye and fill all the eggs,” said Lovell. “It was a lot of work, but it was worth it.”
The Carson Valley 20-30 club thanks all their club members, volunteers and partners for donating their time, eggs and candy, and dedication to make the event happen.
They would also like to thank the Methodist Church for allowing the club to use their facility to decorate and fill the eggs.
The egg hunt is divided into three age groups at the park, 0–3-year-olds, 4-7-year-olds and 8-11-year-olds and each section has a golden egg. The golden egg can be exchanged for a special Easter basket.
“It was really tricky because it was all the way in the back, hidden good!” said 11-year-old Isaac Trasc finder of the 8-11-year-old golden egg.
Trasc said he shared some of his winnings with another child.
“It was just fun to share my prize with someone else,” he said.
The Carson Valley 20-30 Club is made up of men in their 20s-30s that serves the community by providing services to underprivileged youth in the Carson Valley region while building friendships and developing leadership skills through hands on experiences and events in the community.
The club meets 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the old Gardnerville Jailhouse. The clubs next event is the Carson Valley days parade. For more information visit carsonvalley2030.com or Carson Valley Active 20-30 Club No. 85 on Facebook.
