Eggs-citement Abounds at Adult Easter Egg Hunt

The Jaycees' Adult Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 16 brought participants from as far away as Troy and Hawk Point to Lake Saint Louis' Boulevard Park. They searched the park fields and playground for numbered eggs that corresponded to prizes ranging from boxes of Girl Scout cookies to a blue-ray DVD player. There were also five cash prizes of $20 and one cash prize of $50.

The Jaycees have about 25 members, all under the age of 41. The group's other main events are a hot dog booth fundraiser at the St. Charles County Fair and adopting a Pathways group from O'Fallon's Crider Center for Christmas.

Proceeds from the egg hunt were earmarked for the Fisher House, described by Membership Coordinator Shashanna Huber as "a Ronald McDonald House for veterans," and also for medical expenses for Joshua Miller, a 10-year-old Wentzville boy with a brain tumor.

This was the second year that the egg hunt was held in Boulevard Park. In previous years the Jaycees have offered it at Rotary Park in Wentzville and at Quail Ridge Park.