Falls Township’s joint Touch a Truck and Family Festival event will return on Saturday, Sept. 9 at Falls Township Community Park.
Featuring dozens of large trucks, excavators, towing vehicles, emergency response vehicles and various types of heavy machinery, the township’s sixth annual event kicks off at 9 a.m. with a sensory friendly quiet hour until 10 a.m. Truck operators will refrain from flashing their lights or blowing their air horns during this time. Touch a Truck/Family Festival continues until 2 p.m. and includes face painting, balloon artistry, giveaways, vendors, as well as other free, fun, family-friendly activities. Food and drink will be available to purchase from Levittown Fire Co. #1 as a fundraiser for the fire company.
Falls Township Fire Marshal Rich Dippolito is organizing a non-perishable food collection drive as part of the dual event. Attendees are asked to bring food donations, which will benefit local food pantries.
Falls Township’s Public Works Department purchased and outfitted a kid-sized ride-on truck to be raffled off during the event. Raffle entries will be offered free of charge.
Spearheaded by Falls Township Supervisor Jeff Boraski and the township’s Parks and Recreation department, Touch a Truck offers a unique opportunity for children to learn more about how the various vehicles on display serve as first response, construction, electrical, farming, manufacturing and more.
Following a brief break, the second annual Food Truck Festival returns from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 9. Guests can purchase a variety of foods from area food trucks while listening to live music from the band Spare Parts. Adults age 21+ can purchase alcohol as part of a fundraiser for Fairless Hills Fire Department. Fireworks conclude the day’s festivities at approximately 8:30 p.m.
All proceeds from Touch a Truck will benefit The Barkann Family Healing Hearts Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides financial aid to families throughout the Delaware Valley who are in need due to recent tragedy or adversity. Michael Barkann, host of NBC Sports Philadelphia, began the Foundation in 2013 and will make a special appearance at the Touch a Truck event. He will also choose the raffle ticket winner for a pair of Eagles-Cowboys tickets for the Nov. 5 game, another fundraiser for his Foundation.
Touch a Truck will feature police and fire vehicles, as well as two school buses, a tanker from the Township of Falls Authority, and Falls Township mowers and trucks. Event sponsors who will be bringing additional trucks and machinery include, Trash Daddy, Waste Management, Yard Truck Specialists, Crozier Contractors, SKD Tryon’s Emergency Vehicle Upfitting, IBEW Local 269, Premium Excavating, KPK Development, B. Blair Corp, Shelmet Plumbing Contractors, Area Fence Enclosures, Armour & Sons, Riley Electric, Carr & Duff, Britton Industries, Fred Beans, Ray Litwin Heating and Air Conditioning, Red Box Dumpsters, GPS Hauling, US Municipal, Just Stumps and T&M Fuel LLC. Rudolph Clarke LLC, Jones Engineering Associates, Remington and Vernick Engineers, Marie’s Kozy Korner, Refreshing Mid-Atlantic, Bayard Pump and Tutor Doctor are also sponsoring the event.
About the event
Falls Township’s Touch a Truck/Family Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. The Food Truck Festival follows from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., with fireworks to follow at approximately 8:30 p.m. All events will be held at Falls Township Community Park, 9050 Mill Creek Road, Levittown. For more information on sponsoring Touch a Truck, email Parks and Recreation Director Brian Andrews at b.andrews@fallstwp.com. In the event of inclement weather, Touch a Truck/Family Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16. To make a donation for entry into the Eagles-Cowboys ticket raffle, click here: https://thebarkannfoundation.org/eagles-cowboys-touch-a-truck-donation-campaign/
