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Mandan Event
Who: Amber Larson, committee member for Touch A Truck and marketing leader of Bartlett & West
What: Touch A Truck presented by Bartlett & West
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Why: Amber loves Mandan, and over the years she has done countless things to give back to her community. She and her husband own Larson Tattooing on Main Street Mandan and love to participate and sponsor local events. “We love all the events that happen downtown,” Amber explains. “That’s been really fun for us owning a business right down there.” In addition, Amber served four years on the Mandan City Commission. Touch A Truck is just another way Amber is supporting the community she loves.
Touch A Truck is an event put on in Mandan by the Mandan Progress Organization (MPO) that gives children the opportunity to get up close to heavy equipment they would not normally, like cement trucks, cranes, tow trucks, dump trucks, emergency vehicles, and more.
Amber Larson heard about this event through her work at Bartlett & West. She mentioned it to someone at the MPO, and later the MPO reached out to her about the event when they had to drop a different event, six or seven years ago. “We’ve completely made it our own,” describes Amber. “We designed our own logo for Mandan’s event and really started from scratch, figuring it out.” Now, thousands of kids and their parents come to check out this unique event every year. “I love seeing the kids run around and get so excited, just overjoyed sitting in the cabin of a huge crane,” says Amber. “It’s also cool to see the people of the companies we work with all the time getting that opportunity to connect with the kids who could be the next crane operator.”
The event is May 20th from 10 am to 2 pm, free, and open to anyone. There will be food trucks at the event as well and sling bags for kids. If you are worried about loud honking with your small children, a quiet hour will take effect from 10-11 am. You can also bring non-perishable food items which will be donated to AID’s food pantry.
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