'Largest Easter Egg Hunt Barrow County Has Ever Seen' is Today

Chick-fil-A, Apalachee High School and River Hills Church are hosting an Easter egg hunt of possibly epic proportions — 30,000, that right, THIRTY THOUSAND eggs will drop from a helicopter Saturday over the school's athletic fields, according to Chick-fil-A's Facebook page, which called the event the "largest Easter egg hunt Barrow County has ever seen." 

Those who with to participate in the free event are encouraged to arrive early, as the event is expected to be well attended. Participants will be divided into four age groups, birth to 3 years old, 4-year-old through first-graders, second and third graders and fourth and fifth graders. 

Everyone who attends will be required to come through check-in to complete and submit the waiver form and registration form. Each child will receive a colored wrist band indicating their age groups for the hunts. No child will be allowed on the fields or on the inflatables without a wrist band. There will be two separate check-in tables — one for those pre-registered through the Chick-fil-A website and one for those who are “walk-up” registrants. 

Here's the schedule of events: 

• 2 p.m. — Concessions, check-in, inflatables, face painting and band begins
• 2:45 p.m. — Everyone MUST be completely off the field and track and in stands on either side of the track
• 3:05 p.m. — Helicopter will drop the eggs and parachuting cows at 3:05 p.m. 
• 3:10 p.m. — Children from birth to 3 years old and 4-year-olds through first-graders will hunt eggs on the practice field 
• 3:20 p.m. — Second- and third-graders and and fourth- and fifth-graders will move to the track on both sides of the football field to hunt eggs
• 4 p.m. — The winner of the prize for Chick-fil-A for a year will be announced
• 4:30 p.m. — The event will come to an end 

Click here for more information on the event.

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