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Falls Township will be hosting big events this Friday and Saturday.
Falls Township will host their combined Family Festival and fifth annual Touch-a-Truck. The events will joined by the new Food Truck Festival to kick off festivities.
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The township is calling the festivities at Falls Township Community Park the Family Festival Weekend.
The Food Truck Festival run from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and feature music by The SEVEN Band. The event will have a variety of food trucks serving up dishes, including tater tots, funnel cakes, festival dishes, and pizza in a cone. The Fairless Hills Fire Department will also benefit from a roped-off beer garden that will sell beer, wine, and seltzer.
Numerous large trucks, excavators, towing vehicles, emergency response vehicles, and other types of heavy vehicles will be available for everyone to explore from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday during Touch-a-Truck. From 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., a sensory-friendly quiet hour will take place. During this period, truck drivers won’t be using their flashing lights or air horns.
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Touch-a-Truck, an initiative of Falls Township Supervisor Jeff Boraski and the township’s Parks and Recreation Department, gives kids a special chance to learn more about the functions performed by the many vehicles on show in emergency response, construction, farming, manufacturing, and other areas.
Police and fire trucks, a school bus, mowers, and trucks from Falls Township will all be present at Touch a Truck. Trash Daddy, Premium Excavating, CLC Contractors, Yard Truck Specialists, Waste Management, IBEW Local 269, Costello Fuel, Carr & Duff, Armour & Sons, Riley Electric, T&M Fuel, B. Blair Corp, Britton Industries, and GPS Hauling are among the event sponsors who will be bringing extra trucks and equipment. The event is also sponsored by Rudolph Clarke LLC, Jones Engineering Associates, Marie’s Kozy Korner, Goldey Plumbing, and Selective Vending Services.
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The community can enjoy face painting, balloon sculptures, bouncy castles, freebies, table vendors, a DJ, and food available for purchase as part of the Family Festival on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
At around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, fireworks take place at the park.
The Barkann Family Healing Hearts Foundation, a nonprofit that offers financial assistance to families around the Delaware Valley who are in need as a result of recent tragedy or difficulty, will receive 100 percent of the revenues from Touch a Truck. The foundation was founded in 2013 by Michael Barkann, anchor of NBC Sports Philadelphia, who will make a special appearance at the Touch a Truck event. He will also decide who wins the raffle ticket for a pair of tickets to the October 16 Eagles-Cowboys game, another fundraiser for his foundation.
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To make a donation for entry into the Eagles-Cowboys ticket raffle, click here: https://thebarkannfoundation.org/the-barkann-foundations-eagles-cowboys-donation-campaign/.
In the event of bad weather, Touch a Truck and Family Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on September 24.
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Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to correct the date of the Food Truck Festival, which is Friday, not Saturday.
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