Media Contact:  Karyn Le Blanc, 202-671-3490

WASHINGTON, DC — Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced today that the DC Government will hold its first "Truck Touch" event Saturday, August 16, 2008, from 10 am to 4 pm at RFK Stadium, Lot 7.

Mayor Fenty invites the public to come out and climb aboard the nearly 30 vehicles-including fire, trash and dump trucks; one-stop mobile health and employment vans; and a police helicopter and a harbor patrol boat-used to provide vital city services. This is a free event.

"This is going to be fun for the entire family," said Mayor Fenty. "Adults can come out and learn how high-tech equipment and vehicles operate to serve them better and children can climb aboard and even honk the horn if they want to."

The event will feature vehicles from the Departments of Employment Services, Health, Parks and Recreation, Public Works, Transportation, Fire and Emergency Management Services, the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, the Metropolitan Police Department, and the Water and Sewer Authority.

What		District of Columbia Government "Truck Touch" Event
When		Saturday, August 16, 10 am – 4 pm
Where		RFK Stadium, Lot 7 (off of Oklahoma Avenue, NE next to the playground)