Big Truck Day: Saturday, May 12

 

Baltimore City Department of Public Works

Press Release

For Immediate Release

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Big Truck Day in Baltimore is THIS SATURDAY, May 12 

at the Baltimore Museum of Industry

Big Fire Engines, Big Police Cars, Big Dump Trucks, and a really BIG Fire Boat

Nothing says “I Love you Mommy” better than a tiny tyke trucker all tuckered-out after Big Truck Day! Start off your Mother’s Day weekend by bringing your little ones to this fantastic once-a-year wonderland.  This FREE event will be held Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the parking lot of the Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Highway. 

Kids and adults of all ages will enjoy this opportunity to see, touch and sit in some of the biggest vehicles in the City’s fleet.  Those on display will include “Big Bertha” the City’s largest Tow Truck along with Fire Engines and Trucks, Police Cars and Motorcycles, Rescue Vehicles and a REALLY, REALLY BIG Fireboat – shooting up massive plumes of water.  Nearly 20 vehicles and equipment will be on-show for our citizens that day. 

Not only that, kids will get to interact with real Police Officers, Firefighters, Sanitation Workers and Big Truck Drivers.  They will learn about the latest technology and hear all about what our dedicated public servants do day to day and also those special tasks where lives are saved, how roads are fixed, how recycling is collected and how one day they too can join the ranks of these talented men and women.

Parents will be able to have kid safety id’s made including photo and fingerprinting by CBS radio.  They will also provide music and prizes from the “Friends and Neighbors Van.”  The Waterfront Partnership will be on-hand with fun activities and information on its new “Waterfront Kids” initiative.  In addition, this year there will be not one, but two balloon twisters from the One-Step Magic Company.  Things to do in the Big Truck Day Activity Pavilion, include coloring big trucks and making them with Lego’s, getting a fun Big Truck Day tattoo, or testing your running speed on the Speed Sentry radar unit.  Youngsters will also receive a construction hat or a safety vest, while supplies last.  Food will available for purchase from the Baltimore Police Explorers and food truck vendors from the Maryland Mobile Vendors Association that will include Cupcake Runners, Kooper’s Chowhound, Chicken-n-Waffles, and Miss Twist ice cream.  

BRING YOUR CAMERA to preserve this memory-making event.

For additional enjoyment, the Baltimore Museum of Industry is offering special admission rates to their premier attraction for those who attend Big Truck Day.  FOR BIG TRUCK DAY ONLY, admission is just $2 for adults and kids 13 and up, and free for Children 12 and under.

Big Truck Day is a rain or shine event. For additional information contact DPW at 410-545-6541.