'Dozers, tractors, boats fill event
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Touch a Truck is back for the eighth year to help support Junior League of Northwest Arkansas programs.
The outdoor event gives kids the opportunity to climb in and on construction equipment, emergency vehicles, monster trucks, motorcycles, boats and numerous other vehicles they may have only seen in photos or from afar.
Touch a Truck
What: Construction equipment, emergency vehicles, boats, concessions, local dance teams, building projects and more
When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday (Rain date: May 17)
Where: JCPenney parking lot near Malco Theater at Pinnacle Hills Promenade in Rogers
Tickets: $5 each or $20 per family
Information: juniorleaguenwa.org
The ever-growing fundraiser will have something for nearly everyone. The day will also include face and fingernail painters, food trucks, concessions, building projects, BB gun target practice, sports mascots, dancers and ice cream.
The mission of the Junior League of Northwest Arkansas is to promote volunteerism, develop the potential of women and improve communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Service projects include That's My Bag for more than 350 children in Benton, Madison and Washington counties each year. The program provides a backpack with clothes, socks, undergarments, books, personal hygiene items, stuffed animals and toys for children who are removed from their homes or placed in foster care. Often, those are the only belongings they have when they get to their new location.
The group also provides financial support and volunteer hours through the Serve Our Shelters program. Partner shelters include Havenwood, Children's House, Peace at Home Family Shelter and Northwest Arkansas Women's Shelter.
-- CARIN SCHOPPMEYER
NAN Our Town on 05/01/2014