Overview
- Churches in Windsor, Colorado, and Missoula, Montana, hosted helicopter egg drops on Sunday, drawing hundreds of families to Easter services and hunts.
- Zeal City Church in Windsor released about 6,000 plastic eggs across two services in its second annual Helicopter Egg Drop.
- At Christian Life Center in Missoula, a helicopter showered a lawn with more than 10,000 eggs during the multi-year event.
- Organizers in Missoula said the eggs were scooped up within minutes with help from more than 60 volunteers and a local pilot from St. Ignatius.
- Leaders said they aim to keep the tradition going, reflecting a wider trend that has ranged from a 5,000-egg drop in Colorado Springs in 2024 to a 100,000-egg spectacle in Salinas, California.