5th Annual Meet the Trucks!

Is refuse pick-up day a big deal around your house? Is a construction project in the neighborhood cause for celebration? If so, the upcoming 5th Annual Meet the Trucks event, presented by Lakewood Early Childhood PTA (LECPTA) and the City of Lakewood, should rate right up there with a bridge demolition or a telephone wire repair job.

From 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at Lakewood Park, you can come meet the fleet that keeps the city running! The whole crew will be there, including an ambulance, fire department ladder truck, police cruiser & motorcycle, dump truck, SWAT team vehicle, aerial truck, garbage truck, Metroparks Nature Tracks bus, snow plow, and street cleaner.

This is a hands-on, family event – kids (and grown ups too!) can touch, explore, and honk the horns of these mighty machines. Not a fan of all the metal? No problem! The event will also have face painting, balloon twisters, a DJ, bounce houses, raffles and the Burning River Roller Derby Girls. Jungle Bob will be performing two shows, the first at 11:00 a.m. and the second show at 12:30 p.m. Free popcorn and bagels will be available (while supplies last) and hamburgers, pizza, drinks, snow cones and cotton candy will be available to purchase.

But wait! There’s more! There will be kids’ bike helmets available for sale, and people will have a chance to make care packets for North Coast Health Ministry to distribute. In addition, representatives from the Lakewood Public Library and the Department of Recreation will be there to tell you all about the many great activities our city has to offer.

Come to the park early and score a rock star parking spot! Prior to the Meet the Trucks event, the City of Lakewood is planning an Arbor Day celebration at the park at 9:30 a.m. Come out for the tree planting ceremony and stay for Meet the Trucks!

Sponsored by Lakewood Hospital, The Kiwanis Club of Lakewood, Donatos Pizza, Romp N Stomp, Cliff Towers Marathon, Midway OH Boy, Jungle Bob, Music Connection and Zap Entertainment, the 5th Annual Meet the Trucks event promises to have something for everyone in your family. Best of all, it’s free! Just bring a nonperishable food donation to benefit the Lakewood Christian Service Center. Tell a friend!

LECPTA is part of the local, state and national PTA. It is not affiliated with any one school; but instead, strives to promote the welfare of children and families throughout the Lakewood community.