Town of Wallkill brings back Touch-A-Truck family event May 9

Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and public works trucks will fill Circleville Park when the Town of Wallkill brings back Touch-A-Truck on Saturday, May 9, a free, hands-on event set to start at 10 a.m. and draw families from across Orange County.

The town is already promoting the 2026 event on its website, and Touch-A-Truck also appears in the town archive as a recurring community staple. Earlier community notices identified George Serrano and the Town Board as inviting the public, underscoring how long Wallkill has treated the event as one of its signature civic gatherings. The appeal is straightforward: children and adults get close to the machines and emergency vehicles that usually pass by only at a distance, turning a display into a day of direct contact with town services.

At Circleville Park, at 50 Creamery Road in Circleville, previous listings have placed the event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and listed fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, public works trucks, construction vehicles and more. That mix gives the event an unusually broad reach across town departments. For families, it offers a safe outdoor setting where children can climb aboard, look inside and see how the vehicles that keep roads clear and emergencies covered actually work.

The town is asking people to RSVP through the Town Supervisor’s Office so organizers can plan for turnout. A past listing also said Touch-A-Truck included a quiet hour from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. for children with sensitive hearing, a detail that has made the event more accessible for some families. However it is arranged this year, the return of Touch-A-Truck shows why it remains one of Wallkill’s largest community events: it puts the public face of local government, from the Highway Department to emergency response crews, in the same open space where Orange County families gather.