4. The Big Day! On our Touch a Truck day, I make sure to bring my contact list of all the participants and wait for them to arrive and then show them where they need to park. Once the trucks are parked I like to offer the participants water bottles and snacks. During the event it gets very busy, so I make sure to walk around and talk to each participant to ensure everything is going well. You can also have a special truck themed storytime during the event. We did this last year, and our children’s programmer did it on the side of her truck, it was awesome! 5. Thank Your Truck Participants
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hanking the companies who’ve volunteered their time to participate in the Touch a Truck program is important, because without them we would not have the event. What we did at the Prince George Public Library was gave the participants a big thank you shout out through purchasing an ad in our local newspaper. We listed all of the companies who participated in the event.
I hope this program idea intrigues you, and encourages other libraries to host a Touch a Truck day! If you have any questions regarding this event, please email me at kvardy@lib.pg.bc.ca.
Kaitlyn Vardy is the Children’s Librarian at the Prince George Public Library.
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