Touch a Truck rolls in to Old Rochester
One girl tries out her binoculars at a Touch-a-Truck on Saturday, May 16 at Old Rochester Regional High School. Photos source: Doreen Lopes
One girl dances at the event. 
Trucks were open for kids of all ages to look in. 
Students of Old Rochester's Early Childhood Education program painted kids faces. 
Books were for sale at the event. 
A bouncy house was another activity for kids at the event.
One girl tries out her binoculars at a Touch-a-Truck on Saturday, May 16 at Old Rochester Regional High School. Photos source: Doreen Lopes
One girl dances at the event.
Trucks were open for kids of all ages to look in.
Students of Old Rochester's Early Childhood Education program painted kids faces.
Books were for sale at the event.
A bouncy house was another activity for kids at the event.
MATTAPOISETT — Young kids and their families had a honkin’ good time at Old Rochester Regional High School’s Touch a Truck event on Saturday.
Students in the school’s early childhood education program and community organizations partnered for the May 16 event to offer child-friendly activities and, of course, access to all sorts of vehicles to around 300 families.
Fire trucks, tow trucks, cranes and other large machinery were parked outside in the school’s parking lot, where visitors could climb inside, press buttons, honk the horn and explore how each one operated.
Alongside these vehicles were tables with activities including face painting, sand castle building and photos with the school’s mascot, the Bulldog. Many of the day’s activities were organized and ran by early education students.
The activities continued inside the school’s gym. Early childhood programs, including Tri-Town libraries, the YMCA and Little People's College, had more tables with activities for kids and information for their caregivers.
Early Childhood Coordinator Doreen Lopes said the day is a way for families, businesses and organizations to connect. People can learn more about what’s offered in their area and get to know the people who serve thor community, such as the police and fire departments.
“It's one way of bringing the community out and together,” she said. “It merges the business with our education field, in terms of early childhood education.”
Plus, the kids “love the trucks.”
