We are so excited to be sponsoring the 1st annual Touch-a-Truck event in Overland Park this year! Come celebrate the City of Overland Park's 50th Anniversary at Touch-a-Truck, a family event taking place at the Overland Park Convention Center on Sunday, August 22, 2010 from 11:00 am-4:00 pm.
Presented by KCPT, the event will be a fun, hands-on, and educational event for kids of all ages to see their favorite trucks up close. And, admission to the event is FREE with any non-perishable food donations to Harvesters. For great listing of what to donate, visit the event's Facebook page here.
Check out some of the fun trucks and vehicles your kids will get to see up cose and personal:
- OP Fire Department Fire Truck & Ambulance
- OP Police Department Police Car, Motorcycle, and Bomb Trailer
- Children's Mercy Ambulance
- Harvesters Truck
- Deffenbaugh Recycling Truck
- John Deere Combine
- Verizon Wireless Race Car Experience
- Shatto Dairy Truck
- Public Works Snow Plow & Robot Machine
- Pepsi Sobe Truck
and more!
And, here's some other fun stuff to see and do at the event:
- Mrs. Kansas: autographing photos & meeting families
- Live Music by Relentless
- Kansas City Wizards (1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – autographs and meet & greet)
- Face Painting
- Deanna Rose Farmstead
- Overland Park Arboretum
- Wayside Waifs
- Overland Park Soccer Complex
- Kid Friendly Cooking Demonstrations
- Cotton Candy, Snow Cones, Lunch & more food items for sale
and much more!
So be sure your plans include attending this great event! And, get there early because there will be FREE VIP GOODY BAGS to the first 100 families to enter at 11AM on Sunday, August 22nd! VIP Goody bags are a $100 value with goodies from your local favorites such as Orange Leaf, Buffalo Wild Wings, First Watch, Paint Glaze & Fire, Ben & Jerry's, Schlitterbahn, Jose Peppers, and much MORE!
Plus, stop by and say "hi" at the KCMetroMoms.com table where we'll have KC Pumpkin Patch & KC Corn Maze tickets to give out to the first 100 families that stop by our table!
Also, we've got the inside scoop on the special Fairy/Elf Terrarium classes that will be hosted by the Overland Park Arboretum at Touch-a-Truck. There will be two sessions of 25 kids each for this special class. One is at 12 noon and the other is at 2 p.m. Both last 30-45 minutes and are FREE — with all materials provided by Overland Park Arboretum. Spots are filling up fast so please pre-register your child by either emailing Lauren Porterfield at lporterfield@opconventioncenter.com or by phone at 913.339.3056.
We hope to see you at Touch-a-Truck this weekend! And please take a moment to fan the Touch-a-Truck Facebook page!
Leave a Reply