Prevention and Recovery Hosts Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Comanche Nation Prevention and Recovery held an Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 12, at Comanche Nation Tribal Complex.

Prevention and Recovery Substance Abuse Program Project Director Adrianne Roughface said the organization focused more on the egg hunt.

“We added more eggs to each category and we did have about 600 people sign up this year,” she said.

Roughface said age groups stayed the same and had an egg hunt for those with special needs and disabilities.

“It's important for the community to bring everybody together for something that is fun, safe, sober activities and showing them that there are other things that we can be doing and connection,” she said. “And we do have our Smile Time photo booth there so you can document those moments together and just creating new weekend activities and new habits, and this one focused a lot on our mental health; 988 was a big sponsor of the event and providing just the genuine connection.”

Roughface said her favorite part of the egg hunt is the snow cones.

“Snowie Express is my favorite part of the egg hunt, and I just love snow cones, and his snow cones are the best,” she said. “Of course, too; there's our seeing everybody have fun and getting prizes, but also the snow cones.”

Roughface said there were a variety of prizes in the easter eggs.

“We didn't have a whole lot of younger prizes to give out this year,” she said. “We put everything out on the field, which was like little stuffed animals and little squishy balls and light-up things. And I thought that was a really great idea this year, and I love that part of, you know, everybody gets something rather than just a couple, so that worked out really great this year.”

Roughface said she enjoyed the event.

“The Easter egg hunt is such a great event and I love seeing people you know fight over Easter eggs and wrestle to get these our prizes that we give to everyone into the community it's really it's really a good event.”

Other prizes included TVs, and participants of all ages could get their faces painted.

Comanche Nation Princess Isabela Ramirez handed out candy while Jr. Princess Tatum Burgess helped an Easter egg hunter.