Chelsea Bossert/Daily Mining Gazette The kids are off and running to collect 4,300 Easter eggs put out on Saturday morning for the City of Hancock’s fourth annual Easter Egg Hunt.

HANCOCK — In the middle of an ice storm Saturday morning, more than 100 people gathered on Hancock’s Quincy Green for the children’s Easter Egg hunt.

The City of Hancock hosted the event and volunteers put out 4,300 plastic Easter eggs filled with sweet treats for the children. If kids found golden eggs, there were prizes such as boogie boards, scooters and a brand new bike.

Hancock Community Development’s Todd Gast, said he was incredibly grateful for everyone who showed up despite the storm. “This is really a wonderful way to bring in Easter,” he said. “We can’t help what the weather is, right? But, you know, it’s just getting the kids out here. I can tell you one thing, they don’t care about the weather.”

At exactly 11 a.m., the kids were off and running to collect those 4,300 eggs. The entirety of Quincy Green and all the way up to the Hancock Community Hub stairs were covered with kids putting treats into Easter baskets.

Gast noted the event was a great success and that this fourth iteration of the City of Hancock’s Easter Egg hunt was a good time for all. “All [the kids] cared about was finding Easter eggs and they did a wonderful job,” he said. “”We had tons of volunteers out here this morning… we tried to decorate Quincy Green as well as we could.”

After around 20 minutes, all 4300 eggs, including the prized golden eggs, were found.

Ethan O’Clair, President of Alpha Phi Omega, was one of the many volunteers tasked with putting out the eggs and decorating the green. “This is my third year doing this,” he said. “My org has always been like a big part of how I find service events. We like to do a lot with the City of Hancock.”

O’Clair feels fulfilled through this type of service work. Many different organizations including Michigan Technological University Greek Life groups and Thompson Scholars volunteered their time on Saturday. It’s something O’Clair does not take for granted.

“I love watching them run around, they seem so happy,” he said. “I think exposing kids to as many things as possible is the best way to raise them. I’m glad to be a part of that.”