Gray Jaycees host egg hunt at First Baptist
The Gray Jaycees held an Easter egg hunt at First Baptist Church in Gray at 2 p.m. April 16, giving the children in the community a chance to have some Easter excitement this holiday.
Trey Murray, the president of the Gray Jaycees, said he was really excited for the Easter egg hunt and to give families in the community something fun to do right before Easter Sunday.
“Usually the Gray Jaycees do an Easter egg hunt every year, and we were approached by the Chamber this year about making it on the same day as the Turkey Festival, so it can all be done kind of together,” he said. “People were able to do the Easter egg hunt, then come across the street to enjoy the festival.”
He said they were excited to see everyone for the Easter egg hunt and see the children doing something the Gray Jaycees have done in the past. He said COVID-19 hindered the Easter egg hunt for the past two years, so he’s ready for them to get back into the groove of things.
“We packed 1,000 eggs for kids in three different age groups. Those groups were ages zero to 2 years old, 3 years old to 5 years old and 6 years old to 10 years old. We had three different areas set up for them. We did it all at the same time, so they could have fun, then go back to the Turkey Festival,” Murray said.
The president said the Gray Jaycees are always looking for more members. He said people should join the Gray Jaycees, because it gives young people a sense of community. He said they’re helping the community through community service. People can join by visiting app.glueup.com/ org/grayjaycees or by messaging them on their Facebook page at fb.com/ gray.jaycees.
“The Gray Jaycees is a civic leadership organization, and we believe in nurturing leadership skills through service. That’s why we do things like the Easter egg hunt, the drive-in movies and the Christmas parade,” the president said. “When we put those events on, the idea is to put someone in charge of different things to develop a skill that can help them down the road.”
Murray said it was a lot of fun doing the Easter egg hunt. He said he wanted people to come to it, because it was something the children in the community could engage in. After they were done, they could go over to the Turkey Festival to play in the children’s area there.
“This was important because we realized that some people might not have the money to do something like this for Easter. It was a free event. There might be people who don’t have a family to go to or who puts on a big Easter egg hunt. We want the kids to know someone is thinking of them this Easter,” Murray said.
He said they planned the Easter egg hunt at the First Baptist Church for about four months. He said he’s happy all the families and children had fun at the Easter egg hunt and at the Turkey Festival.
“I think the kids had a good time. We had plenty of eggs and candy for them,” he said. “It was an exciting time for them. My favorite thing was seeing the kids so excited to get the eggs and watching them open the eggs.”
