The annual Ashland Rotary Easter Egg Hunt typically draws hundreds of children, who scour the park for thousands of chocolate and hard-boiled eggs, as well as a dozen “golden” eggs that can be traded in for special prizes.

Children are separated into five age-appropriate areas to ensure that younger egg hunters are not competing with older egg hunters and everyone goes home with plenty of loot. The five areas are ages 2 and younger, 3 to 4, 5 to 6, 7 to 8 and 9 to 10. Parents may accompany children 2 and younger in the hunt area set aside for them.

The Easter Egg Hunt starts promptly at 1 p.m. on March 31. Families are encouraged to arrive early, as parking is limited and those who arrive even a minute or two after 1 o’clock are likely to find that all of the candy is gone.