Over 20 Touch-a-Truck events in Columbus

Kids love to explore emergency vehicles, construction vehicles, and farm equipment, and there are plenty of touch-a-truck events in Columbus and Central Ohio to fulfill their curiosity!  These events are a wonderful learning experience for kids that are full of photo-ops, so don’t forget your phone or camera.

Bulleted/italics events are awaiting update for 2019.

July Touch-a-Truck events

Westerville Touch a Truck: July 19 from 10 am – noon at Westerville Sports Complex. Hands-on fire trucks, police cruisers, larger-than-life construction equipment and more! Kids will love the up-close experience with a variety of construction equipment and service vehicles.

August Touch-a-Truck events

Whitehall’s National Night out: Tuesday, August 6 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. on the lawn of the Whitehall Police Station. Please come and join us for family fun, with a variety of emergency vehicles on display, safety-related vendors, an inflatable bounce house for kids and music!

New Albany Touch a Truck: Saturday, August 17 from 10 am – 12:30 pm. The event features all of the city vehicles, farm equipment, activities, child identification program, and free lunch. They’ll be accepting canned foods to donate to the New Albany Food Pantry

Cruise the ‘Ville Car Show: Saturday, August 17 from 10 am – 5 pm, this car show features a touch-a-truck display that includes the Columbus Police Helicopter fly-in, Columbus Fire Safety House and the Baby Zamboni from the Chiller.

Touch a Truck in Gahanna: Saturday, August 24 from 9am – 1pm. Kids can explore the equipment that makes Gahanna run. Hannah Park, 6547 Clark State Rd

• Franklin County Engineer’s Office Touch-A-Truck: tba from 9 am – 11 am. Interact and learn about the various equipment that kids see on the road. We will be joined by our community partners who offer services to the public or have equipment to display.
• Polaris Fashion Place Touch a Truck and KidX Club Preview Day: KidX Club members can preview the trucks at kids club on tba from 10:30-noon with the main Touch-A-Truck event on tba from 10 am – 3 pm.
• Johnstown Police Department Open House: tba from 11 am – 1 pm.  Meet Chase from Paw Patrol, Tour the, Police Department, Touch-A-Cruiser, Free Hotdogs, Child Fingerprint Identification Cards, Junior Officer Police Badges, and SPECIAL GUEST: Licking County Humane Society

September Touch-a-truck events

Cops and Kids Day in Westerville: Sunday, September 15 from 12 pm – 4 pm. Kids can interact with community police officers, and check out their technology and equipment along with motorcycles, cruisers, and specialty vehicles from agencies through Central Ohio.

• Metro Parks and Pleasant Township Touch a Truck: tba from 5:30-7:30 pm at Battelle Darby Creek. Metro Parks and Pleasant Township Fire Department will have construction equipment, tractors, and Fire/EMS/Ranger equipment on display for everyone to check out.

October Touch-a-truck events

Touch a Tractor at Fall Harvest Moon Festival: Saturday, October 12, 12pm – 4pm at Infirmary Mound Park, Granville, OH 43023,
Hands-on events for your young children. Held during the Fall Harvest Moon Festival at Infirmary Mound Park, explore, climb and touch tractors of all shapes and sizes!  This event is free and open to the public.

• Plain Township Fire Dept Open House: tba from 10 am – 3 pm.  You don’t want to miss this exciting event; kids can explore the fire department and vehicles, use a real fire hose, watch a MedFlight helicopter take off (whether depending) and finish up with a HUGE foam party!  There is lots of food with the chili cook-off, and you can have child ID badges made.

• Fire Prevention Week: Most township and city fire departments will host special events at the fire stations, including touch-a-truck.
• Prairie Township Fire Department Food Truck & Fire Prevention Festival: tba from 3-7 pm at the Fire Department. Kids and families will learn about this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme, “Look. Listen. Learn.” and will enjoy a wide variety of food trucks

Past 2019 events

May Touch-a-Truck Events

Powell Touch a Truck: May 3, 2019 from 11 am – 1 pm  Trucks and vehicles will fill Adventure Park for this fun event.

Touch a Truck Military Appreciation at Polaris Fashion Place: May 4, 2019 from 10 am – 2 pm. Join Sunny 95, Mr. Sunny and all of your favorite BIG Military Vehicles near the Cheesecake Factory. There will be trucks and vehicles of all sizes  from the National Guard, Air Force, US Army and Marines – EOD vehicles, Hum-Vs, Air-Flight Simulators and more will be there! Bring the whole family for cool military vehicles and programs, cold treats from the Sunny 95 Treat Truck, prizes and fun!

YMCA Healthy Kids Day: Saturday, May 11 from 10 am – 1 pm at Scioto Audubon Metro Park. Police and fire trucks will be on site for kids to check out, along with lots of fun, free family activities like inflatables, obstacle course, climbing walls, kayaking, and so much more!

Touch a Truck in Pickerington: Saturday, May 11 from 10 am – 12 pm at the Pickerington Community Pool. Bring your kids to enjoy a variety of big trucks, cars, engines and more. You will be able to get up close to check out the big tires, ask questions about what each vehicle does, test the driver’s seat and even get your own driver’s license

Worthington Touch a Truck: Friday, May 17 from 9:30-12 pm (no-horn event for those with sensitive ears).  They will be collecting canned goods to “stuff the truck”.

Mini Touch a Truck at Hilliard’s Station Park: Friday, May 17 from 10 am – 12:30 pm. This Children’s event features interactive fun with Big Trucks, Cars, Machines, Police and Fire Vehicles.  Touch-A-Truck takes place at Hilliard’s Station Park (corner of Center and Main Streets in Old Hilliard)

Touch a Truck in Canal Winchester: Friday, May 17 from 6-8 pm. Bring the Family to Touch-A-Truck at Stradley Park to check out Police & Fire vehicles on display. Enjoy Music, Fun, & Games!

Fairfield County Airport Authority 50th anniversary celebration: Saturday, May 18 from 8 am – 3 pm. Celebrate and honor veterans and servicemen and women for Armed Forces Day with this free celebration.

• Free plane rides will be offered for children between the ages of eight and 17 years old.
• Multiple vehicles on display as well as a replica of the Korean War Memorial, classic cars and emergency vehicles for the little ones to check out!
• A historic B-25 bomber, vintage airplanes and search-and-air-rescue vehicles on display.

Touch a Truck at Grove City UMC: Saturday, May 18 from 10 am – 12 pm. There will be a quiet break at 11:00am for children with sensitivity to sound and crowds

Upper Arlington Spring Fling: Saturday, May 18 from 11 am – 2 pm  Kids can explore city vehicles during the Spring Fling at Sunny 95 Park

Dublin Public Works Day: Saturday, May 18 from 10 am – 2 pm This isn’t just a touch a truck event – it’s bigger and better! Highlights include police, fire, military, and public service vehicles, PAWS the Public Works Mascot, food trucks, bounce houses, Nature and recreation services fun, outdoor games, and E-Waste & Shred-It Services.
(City of Dublin Service Complex, 6555 Shier Rings Rd, Dublin)

Touch a Truck at Prairie Township Community Center in Galloway: Saturday, May 18 from 12 pm – 2 pm

COSI EMS & Safety Day: Sunday, May 19 Firefighters from the Columbus Division of Fire and other emergency personnel will be there, along with their vehicles.  Watch while the Columbus Fire Department uses the Jaws of Life during a mock crash. Activities are included with COSI admission.

Marysville Touch a Truck: Friday, May 31 from 10 am – 1 pm.  Check out fire trucks, police cars, ambulances, tractors, a wheel loader and more at Mill Valley Park Central, 703 Millwood Blvd.

June Touch-a-Truck events

Annual Delaware County Touch a Truck: Saturday, June 8 from 10 am – 2 pm. Sponsored by the MOMS club of Delaware, join Delaware County EMS Medic 8 (6547 Marysville Rd, Ostrander) for the day and see vehicles big and small and meet some of the people who operate them. Admission is Free and the event is open to all ages.

Wet Suits & Way-Cool Trucks: Friday, June 14 from 10 am – noon at Dublin Community Recreation Parking Lot by amphitheater. Enjoy a variety of activities with Washington Township Fire Department to help make your summer safe! Tour Sparky’s fire safety house, Watch a fire department’s dive team demonstration in the Recreation Center pool (10:30), Get your bicycle helmet checked for size and fit. Climb inside our fire and medic truck.

Touch-A-Truck (Service & Construction) with Granville Recreation District at Infirmary Mound Park: Saturday, June 29 from 10 am – noon. Hands-on events for your young children. This opportunity will allow them to touch a firetruck, police cruiser and other larger than life vehicles. Touch, climb and explore, talk to the men and women that use them!

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