Two-year-old Casey Cave holds a toy she pulled from one of the Easter eggs dropped by the helicopter during the The 2025 Great Helicopter Egg Drop held at Beaufort Academy on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Amber Hewitt/The Island News

The Great Helicopter Egg Drop

April 16, 2025

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Shep Gregg, 5, excitedly shows his dad, Tyler, the golden egg he found during the The 2025 Great Helicopter Egg Drop held at Beaufort Academy on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Amber Hewitt/ The Island News

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