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By NOAH WORTHAM | Managing Editor

ALABASTER – Families can look forward to a day of Easter fun this weekend as the Alabaster Lions Club hosts an Easter egg hunt.

“We’re going to have food and games and will have multiple egg hunts for different ages throughout the morning,” said Neal Wagner, vice president of the Alabaster Lions Club.

The Easter egg hunt will take place on Saturday, April 12 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Thompson High School’s courtyard at 1925 Warrior Parkway.

“I think it’s really going to be a great location for it because, having so many kids hopefully attending, it’s a closed off area where the kids will be safe and parents can keep track of them a little bit easier,” Wagner said.

The event will kick off with egg hunts for the younger kids starting at 9:30 and will offer successive hunts for older groups until approximately 11 a.m.

In addition to multiple egg hunts, the event will feature crafts, face painting, food and more.

“Since it’ll be in the morning, we’ll have breakfast food,” Wagner said. “Everything will be free. And we’ve got a ton of prize eggs and prizes for the kids donated by local businesses. So, we’ll be giving those out… Every kid that participates will get something for sure.”

During the event, the Easter Bunny will be making a special appearance so that families can take a free photo which will be available for download on the Alabaster Lions Club Facebook page.

Admission to the Easter egg hunt is $7 per person and can be purchased online or in person at the event.

The Easter egg hunt will be made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Alabaster Lions Club and the Thompson High School Leo Club.

“We’re a service organization here in town, and we try to do multiple service projects every year in conjunction with the Leo Club,” Wagner said. “We’re really trying to increase our presence in the community by doing more service projects every year. So, this event is a fundraiser to help us to be able to do more in the community, especially with the Leo Club.”

The Alabaster Lions Club plans on establishing a scholarship for a deserving member of the Leo Club for after they graduate from Thompson High School.

“We’re really looking forward to being more visible and doing more service projects in the community,” Wagner said.