{"id":28557,"date":"2024-03-24T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/easter-bunny-to-visit-veterans-park-in-cortez-for-annual-easter-egg-hunt\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:33:14","slug":"easter-bunny-to-visit-veterans-park-in-cortez-for-annual-easter-egg-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/easter-bunny-to-visit-veterans-park-in-cortez-for-annual-easter-egg-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter bunny to visit Veterans Park in Cortez for annual Easter egg hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Phoenix Thompson offers to share an egg with the Easter bunny in 2015. The Cortez Rotary Club hosts its annual egg hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 30, at Veterans Park, off Park Street west of the pool. (Journal file)<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Montezuma County children will have a chance to scour through Park Street in Cortez looking for Easter eggs filled with goodies.<\/p>\n

The Rotary Club of Cortez will be accompanied by its honorary guest, the Easter bunny himself, while hosting its annual Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. March 30 at Veteran\u2019s Park along Park Street, west of the outdoor pool.<\/p>\n

The Easter egg hunt, which the club has hosted for over 60 years, will have different sections where children can hunt for eggs with other children in their age range.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been going on for over 60 years,\u201d Easter egg hunt chair Joanne Teetzel said. \u201cWe\u2019re talking several generations here. The current kids that do it probably had parents or grandparents who did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Children will be split into age brackets of 1 to 3 years old, 4 to 6, 7 through 9, plus 10 and older.<\/p>\n

Eggs for all ages will be filled with candy. For children ages 4 and up, special eggs contain $1 coins, donated by sponsors Four Corners Community Bank, First Southwest Bank of Cortez, Dolores State Bank and Vectra Bank.<\/p>\n

In total, 2,500 eggs will be hidden, and $250 worth of $1 coins will be distributed among the eggs.<\/p>\n

Ages 1 through 3 will hunt near Montezuma Avenue, while children ages 4 and older will hunt in separate areas south along Park Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it first started, they were using real eggs that were boiled and decorate,\u201d Teetzel said. \u201cI would like to know who was behind that one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cortez Police will also provide a vehicle to sound a siren, launching the hunt. After the siren sounds, children will spend about 90 seconds searching for eggs, a news release from the Rotary Club said.<\/p>\n

The Easter bunny will be available for photos near the outdoor pool fence.<\/p>\n

Teetzel said they drop off eggs at the nursing homes, adding that residents and staff help fill the eggs.<\/p>\n

Teetzel\u2019s favorite part of the event is seeing the children have fun while participating, despite the busyness leading up to the hunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of work and it\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019m never doing this again,\u2019\u201d Teetzel joked. \u201cBut then you see the kids enjoying (it) and they\u2019re getting their picture taken with the Easter bunny, and it\u2019s so cute. So, my favorite part is watching the kids enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Teetzel at 970-739-6453.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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