Mark your calendars for one of Laurel’s favorite family events! The Trustmark Touch-A-Truck event returns to downtown Laurel on Saturday, March 4th, 2023 from 9am to 2pm!
Trustmark Touch a Truck provides a unique opportunity for children to explore vehicles of all types – public service, emergency, utility, construction, transportation, delivery and “fun & flashy” trucks – in one place. Personnel will tell about the equipment and allow “hands on” exploration. This year’s event is generously sponsored by Trustmark Bank in Laurel. This year’s event also includes a health, wellness, and safety fair spotlighting healthcare providers, businesses, and services available to children and families.
Nurture Our Future, a local nonprofit dedicated to the education and development of children in Laurel and Jones County began hosting the event last year and is excited for this year’s even bigger and better event. Proceeds from sponsorship will go to provide books to local children under age five through Imagination Library and also will support Nurture Our Future’s other programs.
“We learned so much last year hosting this event and had such a fun time,” said Patrick Nassar, chair of the 2023 Trustmark Touch-a-Truck Committee, “We can’t wait to welcome children and families back to downtown to explore, play, and learn, and we expect a larger than ever turnout, 40 trucks, as well as a health fair for families.”
This year’s event includes meet and greets with a few life-size character (including PBS’s Ed Said), Mr. Silly Socks the balloon artist, and features a custom-created art activity and scavenger hunt by Adam Trest. There will also be two hours geared towards children and adults with sensory sensitivities where horns will be silenced on all the vehicles. These hours are 9am-10am and 1pm-2pm.
Nurture Our Future Thanks the sponsor’s of 2023’s event:
2023 SIGNATURE SPONSOR
2023 HEAVY DUTY SPONSOR
2023 STEAM ROLLING SPONSORS
2023 BULLDOZING SPONSORS
2023 TOUGH TRUCK SPONSORS
