Touch-a-Truck returns to Delaware County this Saturday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Buckeye Valley High School. The Delaware County Emergency Medical Services Department, Tri-Township Fire Department and 94.7 FM/Sunny 95, sponsors this free family event. The high school is located at 901 Coover Road in Delaware.
Last year, an estimated 2,500 people came to see — and touch — a wide variety of first-responder vehicles, construction equipment and commercial trucks. Organizers are expecting over 40 vehicles this year.
Donations of canned food items and box fans are encouraged and will be collected at the event by People In Need, Inc., of Delaware County.
In additional to a large variety of vehicles with many of the operators available to speak to, there will be food trucks and demonstrations of Hands-Only CPR and bleeding-control instruction from local businesses and agencies. This year’s event also will be a distribution site for the “Put a Lid on It” program: Free bike helmets will be given out while supplies last, thanks to the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
For more information about DCEMS and Touch-a-Truck, visit their website at https://ems.co.delaware.oh.us/community-outreach-annual-events/ or follow them on Facebook (@DCEMS) and Instagram (@delcoems).