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 Parks and Recreation and East Lyme Auxiliary of Child & Family Agency’s Touch A Truck on Saturday, May 20th, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at McCook Point Park in Niantic.

Children will be able to climb, steer, blow horns, and imagine among an amazing array of vehicles. There will be many different ones including a bucket truck, satellite truck, paramedic van, police cruiser, limousine, aerial lift truck, the SUBBASE patrol boat as well as many of the Town of East Lyme’s vehicles. Upon entering the park, each child will be given a yellow construction hat on which they can get the autographs of the truckers they visit.

Returning again for the tenth year, Wendy Nielsen and Terry 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 on the day 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 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 vehicles in attendance will be two limousines from Joshua’s Limousine; the East Lyme Parks and Rec all-terrain vehicles, mowers, and utility vehicles; the US SUBBASE patrol boat; two yellow school buses, one from Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School and the other form M&J Bus; and the always interesting WFSB-Channel 3 TV truck. This list is just a “teaser”; we will have about 20 more vehicles for the children to explore!

The suggested donation is $4 per person. Children under age 2 are admitted free.

For more information, check out: http://childandfamilyagency.org or call the Agency at 860-443-2896, Ext. 1406.