'Touch-A-Truck' Food Drive Event Coming To Huntington Station

HUNTINGTON STATION, NY — The fourth annual Touch-A-Truck event, which serves as an interactive day and food drive, is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 20 at Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Station. It is sponsored by Stop & Shop & Suffolk County Council and Scouting America.

The event is free for all children and adults who bring a non-perishable food donation to help "stuff the truck."

Attendees can get up close to different vehicles and learn from the people who operate them. Trucks include construction, fire department, police department, emergency, advertising, movie vehicles, and more. There will be music, an ax-throwing mobile van and fun.

Families are asked to bring canned goods, rice, pasta, peanut butter, toiletries, etc.

Last year, the event collected 1,920 pounds of food. This year, the organizers' goal is to collect one ton — 2,000 pounds — of non-perishable food.

All food and money collected will be loaded in the Stop & Shop Pod Truck and be donated to local food pantries in Huntington.

The first hour of the event will be sensory friendly and will not permit any horn honking, sirens, or loud noises.

The event will be located in the Northwest Parking Lot of the Walt Whitman Mall near the Cheesecake Factory and Panera Bread Parking lot.

Patch has partnered with Feeding America since 2020 to help raise awareness in our local communities of hunger, a persistent national problem exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Feeding America, which supports 200 food banks and 60,000 local meals programs across the country, estimates that nearly 34 million people, including 9 million children — about 1 in 6 Americans — are living with food insecurity. This is a Patch social good project; Feeding America receives 100 percent of donations. Find out how you can donate in your community or find a food pantry near you.