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Cherokee Touch-A-Truck is Sept. 16

Hosted by the Cherokee County Fire Department and the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, the free Touch-A-Truck event will be 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at Cherokee Veterans Park, 7345 Cumming Highway, Canton. (Courtesy of Cherokee County)

Credit: Cherokee County

Credit: Cherokee County

Hosted by the Cherokee County Fire Department and the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, the free Touch-A-Truck event will be 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at Cherokee Veterans Park, 7345 Cumming Highway, Canton. (Courtesy of Cherokee County)
By Carolyn Cunningham – For the AJC
Aug 25, 2023

Cherokee Recreation and Parks will host its annual Touch-A-Truck event 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at Cherokee Veterans Park, 7345 Cumming Highway, Canton.

Quiet time will be 9:30-10 a.m.

The free event allows children to sit in their favorite vehicles such as a helicopter, firetrucks, police cars and dump trucks.

Games, music and food vendors will be part of the festivities.

For parking, there will be two free shuttle parking locations for pick-up and drop-off:

  • Macedonia Elementary School, 10370 E. Cherokee Drive, Canton.
  • Macedonia Baptist Church, 11230 E. Cherokee Drive, Ball Ground.

Hosts are the Cherokee County Fire Department and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.

For details, visit PlayCherokee.org/199/Touch-a-Truck.

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