YELLOW SPRINGS — Kids were participating in egg hunts all over the Miami Valley Sunday, many with plastic eggs this year instead of real eggs.
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As previously reported on News Center 7 at 11, Young’s Dairy Farm used plastic eggs for their annual egg hunt first time in more than 40 years.
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“For the first time ever. When we looked at the egg inventory, we weren’t sure we could source 10,000 eggs,” John Young, CIO with Young’s Dairy Farm, said.
Young’s Dairy Farm placed 10,000 plastic eggs across a field for hundreds of kids to find.
Due to low inventory and high prices, Young’s Dairy Farm opted out of hand dyed eggs this year.
“Prices actually dropped when we thought about buying them, but they’re still double than last year,” Young said.
Instead, the plastic eggs each contained a ticket for the carousel.
Despite the switch, parents and children didn’t seem to mind the change.
“That was very smart of them actually, very economical, and the kids still enjoyed themselves,” Charmain Gibson from Yellow Springs said.
Since plastic eggs are cheaper than the real thing, Young’s Dairy farm decided to give away the money they saved.
“Then we gave the difference of plastic eggs to the real egg to Second Harvest and Food Bank Dayton,” Young said.
The food bank donations totaled $3,000.
They say they are looking forward to returning to the dyed-egg tradition next year.
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