At Nirvana Park, 2,000 eggs in a range of vibrant colors were carefully placed on the mossy forest floor for the annual Easter Egg Hunt, a Cordova tradition hosted by Linda Ecolano and her family.
Families, friends and community members eagerly searched for the dyed, hardboiled and plastic eggs on Sunday, April 1.
“We just kept the tradition going,” Ecolano said.
It’s a tradition passed to Ecolano by her mother and father, who started it about 50 years ago.
Through community donations and volunteers offering time and help, the park was packed with energetic and lively children.
The Cordova Community Medical Center staff and residents colored a case and a half of eggs, totaling more than 500 eggs.
Every year CCMC helps decorate the eggs for the hunt, a spring tradition they’ve done for about 30 years.
Just a few gold and silver glitter-coated eggs rested carefully in the wooded park.
The gold eggs symbolized the top prize of a bike, donated by Alaska Commercial Company, while the discovery of the silver eggs meant a Pete’s Treats goodie basket.
“People that are at least 50 years old in this town, the first 10 years of their life they spent at Nirvana Park (for the Easter Egg Hunt),” Ecolano said.
