Touch A Truck: a Community Affair

It takes a Community: Corporate Sponsors, Community Organizations, High School Volunteers, Parks & Rec Department workers, and the Child and Family Volunteers- all to make Touch A Truck possible.

On Saturday, October 13, 2018, the East Lyme Auxiliary of Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut and the East Lyme Parks and Recreation Department will co-sponsor the Eleventh Annual Touch A Truck event from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at McCook Point Park in Niantic, CT.

Even though the event is sponsored by Child & Family Agency and the Town of East Lyme, the undertaking is truly a Community Affair. Our Silver Corporate Sponsors are Crest Ford and Chelsea Groton Bank. Both Jim Leva of Crest Ford and Dana Chapel of Chelsea Groton have been special friends to TAT over the years. This year our Bronze Sponsors are Dime Bank of East Lyme, Jamie Chambers of UBS Financial Services in New London, Reynolds Garage & Marine of Lyme, and Shoreline Periodontics in New London.

We are proud to have forty different businesses and organizations bringing a wide variety of vehicles to the event. You’ll see everything from WFSB’s Weather Tracker to a 1980 Checker Cab, to Flanders Tower Ladder Truck, to a tri-axle dump truck, to a US Coast Guard boat and a US Navy patrol boat. This year we will even have the RE/MAX tethered hot air balloon available for rides!

We are also proud of our forty Program Advertisers. Notably, the following have faithfully advertised with us for the ten years we have been in existence: Burnett’s Landscaping/Safe Lawns of Salem, Casey’s Property Maintenance, Debra K. Daren, DDS, Guy’s Oil Services, McNamara & McNamara, Niantic Dairy Queen, Niantic Dental Associates, ProTek Auto, UBS – Jamie Chambers, Waterford Dental Health, and Yost Home Improvements. The generous support of these area businesses makes this event possible.

In addition, our Community Volunteers are a vital part of the event. The East Lyme Rotary Club sponsors the AMBER ALERT Project. The East Lyme Lions Club is famous for its Kettle Corn Booth, whose aroma entices people from all over the park. The East Lyme Auxiliary of Child and Family serves the best hotdogs and hamburgs in town!

In keeping with our Community support, the event is also inter-generational. Students from the ELHS Drama program delight the children all day as they portray - in costume - Bob the Builder. In addition, the Leos of East Lyme High School assist all day with activities and parking.

Private sponsors, community organizations, high school volunteers- all make up the community that brings Touch A Truck to life! For more information, check out the Child & Family Agency’s website at www.childandfamily.org or call 860-443-2896, ext. 1406

Don’t miss this COMMUNITY AFFAIR.