Do you have child who would love to see a firetruck up close? What about a police car, army truck, John Deere tractor, digger, dump truck, or backhoe?

Touch-a-Truck events give kids the opportunity to sit in the drivers seat, and even honk the horns of these unique vehicles!

Upcoming Touch-a-Truck Events in Northeast Ohio

If you know of a Touch-a-Truck Event not listed, please submit the details here. Thanks!

May 2017

FREE Touch-A-Truck at East Palestine Memorial Public Library
Special guests from the community will display their trucks and vehicles in the East Palestine Memorial Public Library new parking lot. This free event for all ages offers children and families not only an opportunity to explore various vehicles up close, but also to meet the people who protect and serve the local community. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, May 20, 2017; 11am-1pm
Where: 309 N. Market St., East Palestine, OH 44413
Cost: FREE

Touch-a-Truck at Community Safety and Wellness Fair
Get up close to emergency vehicles, specialized equipment, and outdoor displays and talk with the crews and representatives. Many other activities taking place at the Community Safety and Wellness Fair as well. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, May 20, 2017; 10am-1pm
Where: Westlake Recreation Center, 28955 Hilliard Blvd., Westlake, OH 44145
Cost: FREE

Touch-a-Truck at Operation: Flag of Freedom
Part of the schedule of events for Operation: Flags of Freedom a special community event honors those who have served and those who are currently serving our country. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, May 27, 2017; 3pm-6pm
Where: Perry High School Veterans Memorial, 3737 13th St. Massillon, OH 44646

June 2017

FREE Touch-A-Truck at North Ridgeville High School
Get up close and personal with all kinds of big trucks. This event encourages children (and adults) to touch vehicles, ask questions, and even climb inside to take in the view from the driver's seat. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 3, 2017; 10am-12pm
Where: 34600 Bainbridge Rd., North Ridgeville, OH 44039
Cost: FREE

FREE Meet the Trucks Lakewood Park
Come see the fleet that keeps the City running! In addition to the trucks, there will be many activities for the kids including bounce houses, face painting, Spider-Man and Elsa appearances, and much more. Save your appetite for the delicious food vendors! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 3, 2017; 10am-2pm
Where: Lakewood Park, 14532 Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107
Cost: FREE

FREE Safety Services Day
Safety Services from our local community onsite to see, hear, and talk about what they do and the equipment they use (Fire trucks, Ranger vehicles, EMS, Sheriff, Rescue dogs, etc), MedFlight Helicopter landing at 11:30am. Smokey Bear arrives at 1pm. Archery range shooting for all ages too. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 3, 2017; 10am-2pm
Where: Pleasant Hill Lake Park, 431 State Route 95, Perrysville, OH 44864
Cost: FREE

FREE Boardman Community Day & Touch-a-Truck Event
At the Township Building: touch-a-truck, hot dogs, exhibits, and wagon rides to the stables. At the Southern Park Stables: Horse Show, $2 pony rides, petting zoo, and kid's activities. Parking will be at the Township Building. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 3, 2017; 11am-2pm
Where: Boardman Township Building, 8299 Market St., Boardman, OH 44512
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck Event at Duck Race Kids Fest at Cleveland Metroparks Chalet
Kids Fest activities will include pony rides, inflatables, magic, face painting and Touch-a-Truck, featuring a Strongsville fire engine and other vehicles. Rubber ducks, which will race 7/10-mile through the Rocky River, are available for “adoption” for $10 each, or a flock of three for $20. Prizes will be awarded to the owners of the first 10 ducks to cross the finish line. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 3, 2017; 11am-3pm
Where: 16200 Valley Pkwy., Strongsville, OH 44136
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck at the Ehrnfelt Senior Center in Strongsville
Kids of all ages are invited to the annual Touch a Truck event from 1-3 p.m. June 9 in the parking lot of the Ehrnfelt Senior Center. Youngsters can climb on and explore a variety of trucks and other large vehicles. {Find Out More}
When: Friday, June 9, 2017; 1pm-3pm
Where: Senior Center Parking Lot, 18100 Royalton Rd., Strongsville, OH 44136
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck at Buehler's at Noble's Pond
Touch a truck, a fire engine, police car and MUCH more! Up to 30 different awesome vehicles will be outside Buehler’s Canton. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 17, 2017; 10am-2pm
Where: 7138 Fulton Dr., NW Canton, Ohio 44718
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck in Orrville
Experience BIG trucks, first responder, farm and construction equipment up close! Touch-A-Truck ends at 12pm with a “Parade of Trucks” as each display vehicle exits the parking lot and sounds its siren and horn. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 17, 2017; 9:30am-12pm
Where: Orrville Christian Church, 925 North Elm St., Orrville, OH 44667
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-A-Truck at Tallmadge Recreation Center
Touch-a-Truck gives children the opportunity to get a close up look at those big trucks they love! We have Tallmadge City Vehicles, mail trucks, fire trucks, army vehicles, and other cool surprises! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 17, 2017; 10am-12pm
Where: 46 N. Munroe Rd., Tallmadge, OH 44278
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck at the Milan Public Library
Join Milan Public Library as they kick-off their Summer Reading Program with a Touch-a-Truck event designed to put you in the driver's seat and let you take the wheel. Explore all those cars, trucks, and other vehicles you've always wanted to “play” with up close! In case of showers, Touch-a-Truck will more to June 24, 2017 from 11am-1pm. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 17, 2017; 11am-1pm
Where: 19 East Church St., Milan, OH, 44846
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck in Massillon
Children and adults can explore the vehicles driven by our city hero's and local businesses. Concessions available for purchase. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 11am-2pm
Where: Massillon Recreation Center, 505 Erie St. N, Massillon, OH 44646
Cost: FREE

July 2017

FREE Grindstone Festival & Touch-a-Truck at Coe Lake
Rides, games, paddle boats, inflatables, touch-a-truck, food, fireworks, and more! {Find Out More}
When: July 2-4, 2017
Where: Coe Lake, 11 Berea Commons, Berea, OH 44017
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck at Quirk Cultural Center
All ages are welcome to participate in this fun, free event that provides an up-close experience for children to sit and climb on city trucks and equipment typically seen from far away! Enjoy the concessions, face painting, sand play area for tots, and so many trucks! {Find Out More}
When: Friday, July 14, 2017; 11am-1pm
Where: 1201 Grant Ave., Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck at Get Out & Play in Hartville
Downtown turns into a giant playspace! Kids and adults, join in the fun including games, touch-a-truck, and and Youth Music Showcase. Vendors selling kid, sport, and health-related items will be set up in the street. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, July 15, 2017; 10am-3pm
Where: Historic Downtown Hartville
Cost: FREE

FREE Fairview Park’s Touch-a-Truck
Put your imagination in gear and go! Join us for Fairview Park’s Touch-a-Truck where kids get a chance to get behind the wheel of their hometown vehicles. Come and climb on and explore your favorite vehicles including tow trucks, big rigs, fire engines, police cars, and construction trucks. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, July 15, 2017; 11am-1pm
Where: FHS / Gemini Center Parking Lot, 21225 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, OH 44126
Cost: FREE, Registration: Walk-up

FREE Touch-a-Truck at Rocky River River Days Festival {Find Out More}
When: July 15-16, 2017
Where: City Hall Complex, 21012 Hilliard Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44116
Cost: FREE

August 2017

FREE Truck & Tractor Night in Aurora, OH {Find Out More}
When: Wednesday, August 2, 2017; 5pm-7pm
Where: Kiwanis Moore Park, 35 W. Pioneer Tr., Aurora, OH 44202
Cost: FREE

Touch-A-Truck at Westgate Mall
Let your children have an experience of a lifetime. Children can explore a variety of vehicles and meet the hometown heroes who use these trucks every day. Trucks include police cars, fire engines, and so much more. This event is FREE and is great for all ages. {Find Out More}
When: Sunday, August 6, 2017; 1pm-3pm
Where: W. 210th St. & Center Ridge Rd., Fairview Park, OH 44126

FREE Touch-a-Truck at Navarre Towpath Trail YMCA
A wide variety of trucks from dump trucks to semis. Come see them and watch them operate. There will also be a live band, prizes, and an outdoor family movie! {Find Out More}
When: Friday, August 11, 2017; 6:30pm-8:15pm
Where: 1226 Market St. NE, Navarre, OH 44662
Cost: FREE

Touch-a-Truck Event with Summit Metro Parks
All ages can touch and sit in more than a dozen Summit Metro Parks vehicles. Local law enforcement agencies will be present, and Air Bear from Akron Children’s Hospital will make a special appearance! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, August 12, 2017; 10am-2pm
Where: Monroe Park Lake Area – 521 S. River Rd., Munroe Falls, OH 44262
Cost: FREE

FREE Touch-a-Truck at Key Church
Touch-A-Truck offers children of all ages the opportunity to explore, touch, and climb on vehicles of all shapes and sizes. Children can get up close to vehicles such as Children's Hospital Air Bear Helicopter, Fire trucks, Police Cars, Ambulances, Tow trucks, and more. FREE hot dogs, popcorn, and drinks. GASP (Guardians Advocating Child Safety and Protection) will be at the Touch-A-Truck event fingerprinting and recording the prints on a CD for all parents for free. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, August 26, 2017; 10am-12pm
Where: 1825 W. Reimer Rd., Wadsworth, OH, 44281
Cost: FREE

September 2017

FREE Bay Village Kids Touch-A-Truck
Kids of all ages are invited to visit the 3rd annual Bay Village Touch-a-Truck event. Don't miss the chance to climb in a fire truck, sit in the seat of a front-end loader, turn on the emergency lights of a police car, or pet a police horse! Parents will have the opportunity to ask questions of your community service providers and receive valuable safety information. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, September 9, 2017; 12pm-3pm
Where: The Combined Safety Campus of the Bay Village Police and Fire Departments, 28000-28100 Wolf Rd., Bay Village, OH 44140
Cost: FREE

FREE Willoughby Hills Touch-a-Truck {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, September 16, 2017; 10am-2pm
Where: Willoughby Hills Community Center, 35400 Chardon Rd., Willoughby Hills, OH 44094
Cost: FREE

FREE Big Trucks at Avon Lake Safety Center
Visitors can check out city and safety vehicles and tour the insides of the police and fire departments and court. The collection of safety and city vehicles includes fire and police, SWAT team, the bomb-squad truck, Metro LifeFlight, Army Humvee, Department of Natural Resources and Coast Guard patrol boats, sewer cleaner, street sweeper, leaf vacuum truck, excavator, chipper, and more. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, September 16, 2017; 10am-2pm
Where: 32855 Walker Rd., Avon Lake, OH 44012
Cost: FREE

Touch-a-Truck at Dayton Nursery's 10th Annual Fall Festival
Meet and greet with favorite characters, live polkas, touch-a-truck, Outback Ray animal show, Our Zoo to You, crafts, face painting, pumpkin carving, and much more! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, September 16, 2017; Touch-a-Truck: 10am-12pm, Festival: 10am-4pm
Where: 3459 Cleveland Massillon Rd., Norton, OH 44203
Cost: FREE parking. Activities require the purchase of tickets, $1 each.

FREE 3rd Annual PECPTA Touch-A-Truck
This FREE family event will include many unique cars and trucks for kids to explore, including a fire truck, police car, school bus, monster trucks and more! There will be face painting from Art by Ali and play area activities for kids. Concessions will be available and a portion of the proceeds supports our PECPTA Sarah Kyker Scholarship for a graduating PCSD senior. 12pm-1pm is Silent Hour – no honking! {Find Out More}
When: Sunday, September 17, 2017; 12pm-5pm
Where: UH Parma Health Education Center, 7300 State Rd., Parma, OH 44134
Cost: FREE (Please bring a canned good donation or non-perishable item, which will be donated to the Parma Hunger Center or your loose change which will be donated to the Parma Animal Shelter.)

FREE Wayne County Family and Children First Open House & Touch-a-Truck at Wooster Branch Library
Get up close and personal with some cool trucks from around the community! While visiting Touch-a-Truck, stop by the conference room to learn about the many agencies in our county that provide services for children and families. Lots of fun things for the kids to do! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, September 23, 2017; 10am-2pm
Where: 220 W. Liberty St. Wooster, OH
Cost: FREE

October 2017

More Fun to Come …

FREE Touch-a-Truck Day
Celebrating our Youth during Elks National Youth Week 2016. Children can climb, explore and discover their favorite things on wheels. Special appearances by the Westlake Safety Pup and the Elks Drug Awareness Mascot, Elroy the Elk.
When: TBA; 1pm-3pm
Where: Lakewood Elks Lodge # 1350, 24350 Center Ridge Rd., Westlake, OH 44145

Touch-a-Truck in Austintown
Lots of Trucks and unique vechicles, inflatable slides, dunk tanks, and more! {Find Out More}
When: Quaker Steak, 5800 Interstate Blvd., Austintown, OH 44515
Where: TBA; 11am-3pm

FREE BIG Rigs on the Square in Chardon
Enjoy an afternoon of getting up close to BIG trucks. Come play, run the giant obstacle course, and get your face painted. {Find Out More}
When: TBA; 11am-3pm
Where: Chardon Square/Gazebo, 101 S. Hambden St., Chardon, OH 44024

FREE Touch-a-Truck at Herrick Memorial Library
The Herrick Memorial Library finishes out it's Summer Reading Program with it's Touch-A-Truck event held at the Eagles Lodge in Wellington, OH. {Find Out More}
When: TBA; 11am-2pm
Where: 101 Willard Memorial Square Wellington, OH 44090
Cost: FREE

If you have an update on these of any other Touch-a-Truck Events in Ohio, leave a comment below or submit the details and I’ll get it added to the list. Thanks!

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