Two ‘big machine’ occasions to offer CSRA children hands-on enjoyable on the identical day

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Families throughout the CSRA may have two probabilities to stand up near large machines and automobiles on the identical day.

On Saturday, Augusta Regional Airport will host its “Meet a Machine” occasion, whereas town of Aiken host “Touch a Truck.”

Augusta Regional Airport

The airport is inviting kids and fogeys to discover airport tools, emergency and repair automobiles, and different massive machines in a family-friendly setting.

The occasion is designed to offer children a uncommon behind-the-scenes have a look at how the airport and its companions function, whereas additionally highlighting careers in aviation, public security and transportation.

The aim is to create a protected, hands-on atmosphere the place households can study extra in regards to the instruments that hold flights and passengers shifting daily.

City of Aiken

Across the river, the Aiken Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department will host its twenty fourth annual Touch a Truck occasion the identical day, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Odell Weeks Activities Center soccer subject on Whiskey Road in Aiken.

Touch a Truck is free and open to the general public, giving kids an opportunity to climb into, sit on, and discover a variety of automobiles from town and native companies and organizations. The metropolis can be providing a sensory hour from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., when sirens, horns, and flashing lights can be restricted to create a quieter expertise for friends preferring a lower-sensory atmosphere.

Throughout the occasion, households can anticipate meals distributors and extra actions on website.

The Aiken occasion additionally contains a Power Wheels Derby beginning at 10 a.m. Registration is $5, and members should be 8 years previous or youthful. Children have to convey their very own battery-powered car and helmet. Space is proscribed, and registration opens August 3 on-line or in particular person on the Odell Weeks Activities Center.

This 12 months’s Touch-A-Truck is sponsored by Generac.