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Families Flock To ‘Fun-Tober’ Touch-A-Truck Event
Published: Oct 12, 2019 07:00 AM
The "Fun-Tober Fest and Touch-A-Truck" event hosted by Merryhill Childcare Center and the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps attracted a crowd of youngsters and oldsters to Fairfield Hills on October 5, from 10 am to 4 pm, with the first hour "horn free" for those with sensitivity issues.
The event featured fire trucks, other community and specialty vehicles - including crane wreckers outfitted with swing slings - therapy dogs, art projects, and food. The sounds of drumming and laughter filled the field during the day of fun.
Admission fees of $5/person or $20/family benefited local nonprofit organizations.
Fun-Tober co-hosts Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps offered up the side of one of their rigs for children to smear with paint during the October 5 touch-a-truck event at Fairfield Hills. —Bee Photos, Voket
Fun-Tober co-hosts Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps offered up the side of one of their rigs for children to smear with paint during the October 5 touch-a-truck event at Fairfield Hills, while other young visitors took turns swinging from slings dangling from a couple of huge crane wreckers that were among the featured vehicles.
Young visitors took turns swinging from slings dangling from a couple of huge crane wreckers that were among the featured vehicles.
Sgt Brina Yanez of the 142nd Medical Company out of Danbury invites 2-year-old Gabriel and his dad, Samuel Bartlett, to check out her “work vehicle” at the Fun-Tober Touch-A-Truck event, which featured fire trucks, other community and specialty vehicles, therapy dogs, art projects, and food at Fairfield Hills, October 5. The event was presented by Merryhill Child Care Center and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps with admission proceeds benefiting local nonprofit organizations.
The Fun-Tober Fest event also featured wandering Newtown Strong Therapy Dogs and their handlers, from left, Judy Gravely, Joe and Lorraine Cusimano.
Nate Szentmiklosi, 4, pretends to shift one of the Newtown Hook & Ladder engines into gear at the Fun-Tober Touch-A-Truck event October 5 at Fairfield Hills.