Press release from the Junior League of Asheville:
The Junior League of Asheville is pleased to announce our Inagural Touch-A-Truck Family Festival, Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Asheville Outlets (800 Brevard Rd., Asheville, NC 28806). Touch-A-Truck is a community wide event where both kids and kids at heart have the opportunity to see, touch, climb and learn about vehicles of all types, including public service, emergency, utility, construction, garbage, transportation, delivery and even a helicopter — all in one place! Children will be able to touch, climb, aboard, sound the horn and meet the people who operate these vehicles. Drivers and operators will be onsite to talk about the vehicle and its operation. Children will also be able to truck-or-treat throughout the festival. Children of all ages are bound to be enthralled with all there is to explore.
Additional activities on site will be a fall market with local vendors featuring arts, crafts, and non-for profit organizations; activity tents; food and beverage stations; and several other special attractions help to add to the event’s appeal. Parental supervision is required and cameras are highly recommended to capture the day’s adventures and take home wonderful memories to share.
The Junior League of Asheville is organization Touch-A-Truck Family Festival for the community to enjoy as well as supporting the League’s mission of promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving our community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. We’re part of an international network of 291 Leagues comprised of over 140,000 women, in Canada, Mexico, the U.K. and the U.S., engaged in similar work of their own communities. This provides us with a unique and powerful depth of knowledge and resourcefulness to bring the changes we strive to accomplish.
The Junior League of Asheville’s Touch-A-Truck Family Festival offers organizations a unique opportunity to showcase their brand and interact with parents, children, League members and the community in general. There are several ways for your organization to participate: event sponsorship, truck/vehicle exhibition, vendor booths, food trucks, or in-kind support.
WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018
WHERE: Asheville Outlets (Parking lot next to Field and Stream on the south side of the building off of Ridgefield Blvd.)
WHEN: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Quiet Hour (no sirens or horns): 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Admission: $5 in advance and at the door. Children 3 and under are free.
Please contact us for information: (828) 254-5608 or juniorleagueofasheville@gmail.com.
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