TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - A local Easter egg hunt is giving visually impaired kids a chance to participate in the yearly tradition.
The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms is bringing together Bomb technicians from different law enforcement agencies to help make the "beeping Easter eggs."
The eggs will be used during the 3rd Annual Beeping Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday at the James Messer Park in Tallahassee.
The eggs built Tuesday, are made to look and feel like normal Easter eggs but in addition the eggs beep very loudly when activated by a switch.
"The kids are over joyed that they can participate in something that traditionally, they wouldn't be able to," said Todd Okray, an agent for the ATF office of Tallahassee. "It's a huge opportunity for ATF to give back into the community and open this opportunity for kids."
An ATF special agent started the annual tradition 12-years ago after learning his then 4-month-old daughter was blind.
Teachers throughout the U.S. also use the beeping Easter eggs to teach location skills and search patterns to visually impaired children.
