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BEEP BEEP! Come celebrate the Second Annual Touch-a-Truck, a family event taking place at the Overland Park Convention Center on Sunday, July 17, 2011 from 11:00 am-5:00 pm. First 200 families through the doors will recieve a swag bag with coupons and gifts from local businesses!
Presented by KCPT and 99.7 The Point the event will be a fun, hands-on, and educational event for kids of all ages to see their favorite trucks up close. Click here to see our commercial on KCPT!
Event is FREE Admission with two (2) non-perishable food donations per person to Harvesters. One for each hand!!
Trucks to Date:
- OP Fire Department
- OP Police Department
- OP Sherrif Car
- Harvesters Truck
- Carter Energy Trailer
- Deffenbaugh Recycling Truck
- John Deere Combine and Tractor
- Verizon Wireless Race Car Experience
- Pepsi Truck
- Shatto Dairy Truck
- The Roasterie Airstream
- OP Parks & Forestry Bucket Truck
- McCarthy Chevrolet Trucks
- Hilton Mercedes Guest Shuttle
- Turner Construction & George Shaw Construction Vehicles
- and more!
2011 Entertainment & Exhibits:
- Live Music by Funky Mama & Doo Dad Mike!
- Live performances by StoneLion Puppet Theatre
- Appearance by Mayor Gerlach
- Appearance by Mrs. Kansas
- Appearance by Forest the Fox
- Slides and Inflatables
- KC Pumpkin Patch Express - Free Train Rides!
- Whole Foods "Local" Market
- Wayside Waifs Mobile Pet Adoption Center
- Signing Demo with Come Sign With Me
- Deanna Rose Farmstead Goat Bottle Feeding
- Southwest Dairy Farmers Mobile Dairy Classroom with Betsy the Cow!!
- Face Painting with KC Metro Moms
- Cookie Decorating with Tabby's Treats from 2-3pm
- Vintage Photos by Ever Ashley from 11am-1pm
- Lightbox Photo Booth
- Cotton Candy, Snow Cones, Lunch and more food items for sale
Timeline of Events (subject to change):
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Thank to EVERYONE for a fabulous day at Touch-a-Truck!!!! We collected over 5,837 pounds of food and $124.01 (a little boy was very proud of his penny!) for Harvesters which will provide 4,490 meals to people in our community! Way to be rockstars!!
"Like us" to check out tons of photos on Facebook - you just might see some faces you know!
A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2011 SPONSORS:
Presenting Sponsors: 
Tanker Truck Sponsor:
Pick-up Truck Sponsor:
 
 
Box Truck Sponsors:
  
Media Sponsors:
 
Overland Park Businesses: Are you interested in a great Sponsorship Opportunity? Sponsorship Opportunities |
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If you would like more information or if you would like to be an event sponsor, please contact:
Megan Thode at mthode@opconventioncenter.com or Tara Houx at thoux@opconventioncenter.com. |
ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR FRIENDS: 
They are suppling the John Deere combine, tractor, dairy cow, corn car & more! Thanks guys! |
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