Sequim Elks Lodge hosts early Easter celebration

It was a young, eager egg-minded crowd seeking plastic eggs on the lawn of the Sequim Elks Lodge on March 31, where families and children gathered for the lodge’s annual Easter egg hunt.

Alex Fazio, left, and Tucker Stephens, both 2, dive for Easter eggs at the Elks Lodge on March 31 at the annual Easter egg hunt. Sequim Gazette photo by Erin Hawkins

Alex Fazio, left, and Tucker Stephens, both 2, dive for Easter eggs at the Elks Lodge on March 31 at the annual Easter egg hunt. Sequim Gazette photo by Erin Hawkins

Mollie Lou Evans, 11 months, clutches an egg matching her pink basket at the Elks Lodge Easter egg hunt on March 31. Sequim Gazette photo by Erin Hawkins

Mollie Lou Evans, 11 months, clutches an egg matching her pink basket at the Elks Lodge Easter egg hunt on March 31. Sequim Gazette photo by Erin Hawkins

Elks Lodge member Sharon Blanken, left, helps Aria Cummings, 2, put eggs in her basket at the Elks Lodge Easter egg hunt on March 31. Sequim Gazette photo by Erin Hawkins

Elks Lodge member Sharon Blanken, left, helps Aria Cummings, 2, put eggs in her basket at the Elks Lodge Easter egg hunt on March 31. Sequim Gazette photo by Erin Hawkins