Touch-a-Truck Rolls Into Ridgewood

Calling All Kids: Touch-a-Truck Rolls Into Ridgewood on Thursday May 10

Imagine taking a seat behind the wheel of a real police cruiser ready to roll, climbing aboard a shiny fire truck as you prepare to battle a blaze, exploring up-close a fleet of the other emergency and public works vehicles you’ve only seen at a distance on the streets of Ridgewood.

Treat your children to a day of hands-on adventure, featuring opportunities to climb on board the vehicles that touch their lives, when “Touch-a-Truck” rolls into downtown Ridgewood’s Memorial Park at Van Neste Square on Thursday, May 10 (Rain date: May 11) .

Ridgewood emergency and public works vehicles will be ready for action along the Oak Street side of the park from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. as the local heroes who serve the Village also will be on hand to share their favorite tales about the exciting work they perform every day. As an added bonus, they’ll be a Safetytown Kiddie-Car Course hosted jointly by Little Ivy Learning Center and the Ridgewood Police Department among the planned interactive activities throughout the park area for children of all ages.

Touch-a-Truck is a free event, sponsored by the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce & the Village of Ridgewood. It is a big fun day where local families have an opportunity to climb aboard a variety of emergency and public works vehicles, meet the folks who operate them, as well as navigate their way through a Kiddie-Car Safetytown course, view an reptile exhibit hosted by the animal control folks.