TRUCK TYPES at the TRUCK BASH

The main event is, of course, Trucks! There is no better way to spend a day with your children than at the East Lyme Auxiliary Child & Family Agency’s Touch-A-Truck on Saturday, May 21, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at McCook Point Park in Niantic. Rain date is Sunday, May 22.

Children will be able to climb, steer, blow horns, and imagine in an amazing array of trucks. There will be a bucket truck, satellite truck, paramedic van, police cruiser, party coach, aerial lift truck, the SUBASE Fire Dept. Special Hazards Vehicle, and many more. Upon entering the park, each child will be given a yellow construction hat on which they are to get the autographs of the truckers they visit.

Returning again for the tenth year, Wendy Nielsen and Terri Merola have done a yeomanly job at scheduling the many trucks and coordinating with the East Lyme Parks and Recreation Department. Each year, they have contacted the truckers, mapped the location of each truck, and welcomed the truckers early in the morning of the event. The delight the children take in the trucks is due to their organization and efficiency.

Be sure to greet each trucker. Ask him what the truck is called, what it does, where it “lives”, how it is constructed, and what it is used for. Don’t be shy. This is your chance to learn from the experts.

Just a few of the special trucks in attendance will be Joshua Limousine’s new Party Coach; the E.L. Parks and Rec.-All Terrain Vehicle, Mowers, and utility vehicles; US Coast Guard-RB-S Rescue 25’ Defender Class Boat; Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School-Yellow School Bus; and the always interesting WFSB-Channel 3 TV truck. This list is just a “teaser”; we have about 20 more vehicles for the children to explore!

Admission is $4 per person. Children under age 2 are admitted free of charge.

For more information, click here: http://childandfamilyagency.org