Perk hosts egg-cellent egg hunt

It took less then five minutes for more than 500 elementary students to find 7,000 Easter eggs hidden on the Perkinston Campus.

The egg hunt was held April 8 and sponsored by Gulf Coast students from Dr. Marie Heim's leadership development program. Perkinston Elementary students, along with college employees’ children, took part in the egg-cellent hunt on the lawn surrounding the campus’s flagpole.

Gulf Coast students became plastic-egg experts after two days of filling each egg with candy and treats. Parents, along with several local businesses – Bank of Wiggins, Wiggins Wal-Mart, Fred’s and Dollar General – were egg-cited to donate either time or funds to make the egg hunt possible.

Each egg hunter was guaranteed to take at least seven eggs home for decorations. This is the second year Heim’s class has sponsored the egg hunt.

Perkinston Elementary students were egg-cited to find 7,000 eggs as part of MGCCC’s second annual egg hunt on April 8 at the Perk Campus.

Several volunteers from the Wiggins Wal-Mart store helped fill thousands of eggs for MGCCC’s second annual egg hunt on the Perk Campus. From left to right: Dr. Marie Heim, Jonathan Reid, Jessica Reid and Debra Montgomery.