By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

This year’s Go Truck Go event has a new date and location but will still feature many different vehicles for kids to enjoy and information for parents.

Joan Dunn with Early Childhood Connections said this year’s 16th annual Go Truck Go event will be held at the National Guard Armory because they combined all of their early childhood programs at nearby Washington School.

Among the 20 or so vehicles scheduled to be on display is a monster truck, military vehicles, Hays Police and Fire emergency vehicles and many others.

Dunn says there will be “all kinds of vehicles” that kids see in the community, and there will be people there to explain them.

Inside the armory, they are also offering a number of programs to benefit families, according to Dunn.

“We will have a lot of family-friendly agencies with information,” Dunn said.

New this year, according to Dunn, is Lions International, which will will have health professionals on hand to provide vision and hearing screenings.

From 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., there will be an open house inside the gymnasium of Washington School to allow the community to see the changes the school has gone through with the repurpose.

The Go Truck Go event is free and open to the public and will run from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the National Guard Armory, 201 Main.