Touch-A-Truck, Touch a Community

Kathy Glode Park in Saratoga had an interesting collection of trucks and specialty vehicles on Saturday morning, August 26. Touch-A-Truck is a kid’s event sponsored by Kiwanis clubs nationwide. This is the third year the local Kiwanis has held the event. Most activities of the Kiwanis are focused on kids, like their Milk & Muffins preschool program, and Touch-A-Trick gives youngsters a chance to see all manner of construction, fire, police and EMS vehicles out on display.

The Kiwanis also provided a free cookout style lunch with burgers, hot dogs, chips, drinks and cookies. Excited faces could be seen all around the display as the kids - and parents too - climbed in and on the vehicles and talked to the operators. No doubt a future fireman or big rig driver was in attendance, imaging what it would be like to run the powerful machines some day. The truck from Carbon Power & Light with the giant augar for setting poles was very popular.

The local Kiwanis club has 16 members and would like to see that number increase. Along with their kid’s programs, they fund high school scholarships and also direct attention to benefiting the senior citizens of the community.