With Easter right around the corner there will be lots of fun to be had with colorful Easter Eggs, Easter Bunnies and egg hunts.

In 2005, David Hyche got creative when it came to his blind daughter participating in an Easter Egg hunt. Knowing that his daughter wanted to be able to search for the egg herself, not to be led by someone else finding the eggs for her, he created beeping Easter eggs.

The Daily Mail reports that Hyche is a special agent at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).

Hyche told FOX News newswoman, Ashley Dvorkin, that he had heard about the beeping eggs in Los Angeles. He contacted the person making them and got the information from them. Being an ATF agent he was able to modify the eggs to what he had in mind.

Soon after Hyche attended a Bomb Technician Association conference. During one of the breaks he shared photos of his daughter enjoying the beeping Easter eggs at a recent egg hunt. A member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians (IABTA) and Investigators believed that this project could be the perfect project for ATF, Law Enforcement Bomb Technicians and Military Bomb Technicians to work on together.

The project is now referred to as, “The Rachel Project,” named after Hyche’s daughter. The IABTA now donates $10,000 per year to The Rachel Project, bomb squads and law enforcement agents all over the United States participate in building the eggs in their free time. The eggs are then donated to Schools for the blind or to the National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired.

Ten years later Hyche continues to work on and improve the beeping Easter eggs. Numerous organizations and churches have also gotten involved.

For those interested in supporting or holding an Easter egg hunt event with the beeping eggs you may find more information on the IABTI web site.