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A day of fun for everyone at Great Barrington Rotary Club’s 16th annual Truck Day and Pumpkin Drop event

“At an event like this, we can let children climb into the equipment and talk to the people who run it," Mark DeCelle, Rotary Club member and main organizer of the event, told The Edge. "They get to do all the fun things that they’re never allowed to do."

Great Barrington — The town’s Rotary Club held its annual Truck Day and Pumpkin Drop event at Ski Butternut on Sunday, October 20. A benefit for the organization’s various community projects and its scholarship program, the event included a chance for families and their children to interact and climb into construction, emergency, and delivery vehicles, as well as race cars.

At the Rotary Club’s event, children and their families got to explore a Sheffield Fire Rescue truck, a UPS delivery van, and a Bombardier snow-grooming vehicle from Ski Butternut. Photos by Shaw Israel Izikson.

“A lot of children go by construction sites when their parents drive them somewhere, and oftentimes these kids wonder about what the equipment does,” Mark DeCelle, Rotary Club member and main organizer of the event, told The Berkshire Edge. “At an event like this, we can let children climb into the equipment and talk to the people who run it. They get to do all the fun things that they’re never allowed to do. This event is for children of all ages, and it’s great to bring all of these people in the community all together.”

Members of the Great Barrington Rotary Club (from left): Louann Harvey, Cheryl Raifstanger, Barbara Manring, and Mark DeCelle. Photo by Shaw Israel Izikson.

The event included members of various community organizations including Southern Berkshire Ambulance, Sheffield Fire Department, the Great Barrington Police Department, and the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office.

Edward Harvey from Southern Berkshire Ambulance. “I think this is a great community event because it shows everyone how work gets done in Berkshire County,” Harvey said. Photo by Shaw Israel Izikson.
Great Barrington Police Department Sgt. Tim Ullrich and his K9 partner, Chance. “An event like this is a great way for everyone to see people in the community,” said Sgt. Ullrich. “The Rotary Club is a fantastic organization and they do a lot of good for the community.” Photo by Shaw Israel Izikson.
Members of the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office (from left): Captain Jason Breault, Edilizon Monteiro, Kadie Bragg, and Lieutenant James Terranova. The office provided several vehicles for children to explore and also took part in the National Child Identification Program. Photo by Shaw Israel Izikson.
Stella Lennex, a student from Mount Everett Regional School, with the overgrown pumpkin that was used for the event’s annual “pumpkin drop.” Tickets were sold at the event with participants guessing the weight of the pumpkin. During the afternoon, the pumpkin was raised high by a crane and dropped into a kiddie pool as part of the traditional “Great Pumpkin Drop.” Photo by Shaw Israel Izikson.

For more information about the Great Barrington Rotary Club, visit its website.

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