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Second Annual Touch-A-Truck well
attended by families with curious little ones
[September 15, 2025]
Saturday morning in Lincoln,
the second annual Touch-A-Truck event was held at Scully Park and in
the streets adjacent. The event, which is the brainchild of Tammy
Bunner and Heather Martin was well received by the dozens of
families that visited the park to see the many examples of
high-horsepower vehicles on display.
This year, the event was even larger than the first year, with
vehicles lining the streets on the north, west, and south sides of
the park and two large farm implements, and a school bus parked on
McLean Street between Scully Park and Pulaski Street.
The event was sponsored by the
Lincoln Emblem Club, the Logan County Tourism Bureau and GFL
Environmental, the official trash collection service for the city.
Participants included Clark Transportation with its long line of
semi tractor-trailer rigs, Central Illinois Ag from Atlanta with
farm equipment, AHW John Deere from New Holland, Lincoln Community
High School, the Illinois Army Reserve, Patrick Lee Trucking,
Barrick Trucking, RBG Towing, Mad About Trees, Sky’s the Limit Tree
Service, Logan County Sheriff, Logan County Emergency Management,
Lincoln Police Department, Lincoln Fire, Lincoln Rural Fire
Protection District, and the Logan County Paramedics.
The emblem club was manning a table
where children were given their choice of hats that replicated hard
hats and fire hats, along with a choice from a variety of little
rubber duckies, each wearing a hat designating their profession.
Another tent set up in the park was
offering balloon characters and face painting.
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The third tent in the park was a
foodie feature with sweet treats, flavored ice and other snacks.
One of the more impressive displays
was provided by Mad About Trees and Sky’s the Limit, with their
large telescoping cranes extended high above the tree line at the
park. Mad About Trees hung a large American flag hanging from the
grappler hook at the top of the crane.
In addition to enjoying all the oversized equipment, it was good to
see children taking advantage of the recently re-designed playground
at the park.
The Touch-A-Truck event ran from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a special
one-hour sensory event from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. for children that are
sensitive to loud noises. During that time, all the vehicles
remained silent.
At 10 a.m. when that portion of the
event was concluded, children were invited and encouraged to honk
horns and make noise with the vehicles they were visiting.
The Touch-A-Truck event was very popular and a great time for
parents, grandparents and guardians to spend quality time with the
little ones in their care in a safe family friendly environment.
[Nila Smith] |
