The Easter Bunny may have supernatural powers to help him place eggs on Sunday morning for children around the world, but egg hunts depend on committed volunteers with crafty hiding spots.

The Faith Lutheran Church in Butler Township, which had an egg hunt scheduled for Saturday, enlists the help of the congregation.

“A few weeks before the event, at about Lent, we mention it to the congregation,” said Ed Johnson, director of education for the church.

“Members will take the eggs and generously donate, filling them with candy and those kinds of things.”

The eggs are generally reused each year, but sometimes the number hidden and discovered grows.

“It depends. Usually, it would amount to a garbage bag full. But each year a few new ones get added to the collection,” Johnson said.

“We have a lot of pretty much open area with grass, and we try to match it to the kids we anticipate being there. If they’re littler kids, we obviously don’t put them on the roof. We try to break it down so the little kids don’t get run over by the big kids.”

Dusty Neff, secretary for Fairview Township, said it takes about an hour to hide eggs for the annual hunt at Fairview Township Park.

“I just go to Wal-Mart and get the eggs and candy, and we give out prizes for whoever finds special eggs in three different age groups,” she said.

“In the past, we’ve hidden around 200 (eggs). I have family members that help me.”

With children between one year and 10 years old hunting in different sections of the park, Neff has to be creative where the eggs are hidden.

“I don’t go too far. I don’t want them to be found in the middle of the year when the grass is being mowed,” she said.

“It’s mainly in the playground, behind different equipment or under the mulch a little bit, at the roots of a tree, but not up in the tree. For the little kids, I just put them in the grass.”