Members and volunteers with the West Penn Fire Company No 1. in West Penn held a Community Touch-A-Truck event on Sunday, August 17, 2014 at the fire company.
The event consisted of a large-variety truck show, community yard sale, vendor/craft fair, bounce house, and so on. It also included a visit by Smokey Bear via the New England Fire Company, as well as a visit from Hydrant (the newly named mascot for the West Penn Fire Company.
There was no cost for admission.
For more information about next year’s event, call Cheryl Leone at (570) 778-2119 or Marie Schock at (570) 778-2452.
Leone and Schock stated their appreciation to the following individuals, businesses and organizations: West Penn Fire Company No. 1, Mahoning Valley Ambulance, Penn Mahoning Ambulance, Citizen’s Fire Company of Tamaqua, Walker Township/New England Fire Company, Countryside Restoration, Soley’s Towing, Tamaqua Transfer, Ruch Excavating, Billy Drobnick, Adam Ziegler, Paul (who brought the deuce and a half), Kistler Transportation, S & L Landscaping and Construction, Ethan Breiner, Lenny Fritzinger, Wayne Leone, and so on.
The event is listed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/553266741451676.
Click HERE to view these TamaquaArea.com photos on Facebook.