(Seguin) — What started 48 years ago as a local effort to bring joy to children has grown into one of Seguin’s longest-running Easter traditions.
The Seguin Pan American Golf Association (PAGA) will host its 48th Annual City-Wide Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday at the Seguin Little League Fields.
Club Secretary Toyo Amador says the event’s longevity is a testament to strong community and membership support.
“The Seguin Pan American Golf Association has been sponsoring these city-wide Easter egg hunts for our community children for the past 48 years. So, every year we solicit donations from area merchants and restaurants and people in general, and then of course our Seguin Pan Am members. So, they contribute wholeheartedly to the annual Easter egg hunt. And this year, along with Our Seguin Pan American Golf Association, the TLU Golf Dogs are also helping and sponsoring and helping out with this year’s Easter egg hunt, along of course with the Seguin Little League Association, which we’re very thankful that they let us use their fields. So, 48 years ago, we started and we’re still doing it,” said Amador.
Amador says children and those with special needs will be grouped by age to ensure everyone has a chance to participate in the hunt.
“The age groups that we normally have, we start with age group from age 2 all the way up to age 12. So, we separate them like age 2 to 4, 5 to 6, and then like 8 to 9, and so on and so forth until age 12,” said Amador.
During the event, prizes, toys and Easter baskets will be given out to lucky hunters.
Amador says although the tradition continues to grow, he is hoping that even more new faces will stop by and become a part of the 48-year tradition.
“We definitely would like for people to bring their children, their neighbors’ children, their friends’ children, whoever they can invite over, the more the merrier. So, we have had a lot of following in past years, and it seems like every year, it grows more and more,” said Amador.
The free Easter egg hunt will begin at 1 p.m. on Field No. 6 of the Seguin Little League Complex located in Max Starcke Park East.