{"id":220100,"date":"2026-03-14T23:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220100\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T23:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:51:11","slug":"long-beach-chamber-of-commerce-holds-10th-annual-touch-a-truck-providing-hands-on-experience-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220100\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Chamber of Commerce holds 10th annual Touch-A-Truck, providing hands on experience for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) \u2014 The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce held its 10th annual Touch-A-Truck event, giving families a chance to interact with vehicles that serve the community.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce held its 10th annual Touch-A-Truck event, giving families a...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PISMYVQ4YRAOJGVTC4MSDXCCSQ.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce held its 10th annual Touch-A-Truck event, giving families a chance to interact with vehicles that serve the community.(WLOX)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Families get hands-on look at vehicles from local businesses, emergency services\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/25RGSATBTBC3LITIDDELGVHPOY.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Families get hands-on look at vehicles from local businesses, emergency services(WLOX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kids were able to explore fire trucks, police cars, military vehicles and equipment from local businesses that lined Jeff Davis Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s really showing them day-to-day opportunities that they can experience when they get older,\u201d Long Beach Chamber of Commerce Director Anna Clare Perronne said. \u201cYou know, they don\u2019t get to see this all the time; they see it on TV and all of that, but they can actually see it and they can feel it and they can, you know, they can look up and say one day, this is what they dream to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Kids were able to explore fire trucks, police cars, military vehicles and equipment from local...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/FUO7LIA7CVHZZNIMSUUC54MEEU.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Kids were able to explore fire trucks, police cars, military vehicles and equipment from local businesses that lined Jeff Davis Avenue.(WLOX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Junior Husband, owner of Husband Roofing &amp; Contracting, said children were drawn to the heavy equipment and different sights and sounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey love to raise the dump trailer up and down, push the buttons on the tractor, you know, the kids just love the equipment,\u201d Husband said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Families get hands-on look at vehicles from local businesses, emergency services\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/KUBTE53KBFA73JYUZDW77DCMXI.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Families get hands-on look at vehicles from local businesses, emergency services(WLOX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This year, the event moved from Long Beach Harbor to Jeff Davis Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"This year, the event moved from Long Beach Harbor to Jeff Davis Avenue.&#10;&#10;\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6J6M7ZDK7VHCHPDLAP2OND2GDA.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>This year, the event moved from Long Beach Harbor to Jeff Davis Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>(WLOX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammar error in this story? 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