5th Annual Charlotte Joy Touch-A-Truck Festival 2026

Welcome back once again to the largest Touch-A-Truck on the East Coast- all proceeds benefit children battling cancer in New Jersey!

100% of the proceeds raised from this fundraiser go directly to The Ashley Lauren Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that assists children and families in NJ as they navigate childhood cancer.

5th Annual Charlotte Joy Touch-A-Truck Festival 2025

🗓️Saturday, October 10, 2025 (raindate October 11,2025)

📍East Freehold Showgrounds

⏰10AM-4PM

🚑First responders vehicles,🚒 fire trucks, 🚙classic cars, 🚌vintage busses, the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile, 🚛big rigs, race cars, tri-axle dump trucks, 🚜excavators, roll-offs, 🚌 school busses, boats, exotics, a Re/Max hot air balloon, The Banana Car, and more.

This event was named in memory of one of our Foundation children, Charlotte Joy Scalese, a 6-year-old girl who died after a valiant fight with Stage 4 neuroblastoma In 2023.

A general admission includes access to all Touch-A-Truck fields and giveaways given by individual represented companies, meet & greets, live and walking entertainment, NJ Bubble parties, tractor hay rides, and interactive photobooth, and stage performances.

(Admission does NOT include mechanical rides, facepainting, pony rides, petting zoo, vendors, GellyBall Paintball, PopGolf USA, Autocades mobile gaming trailer, NY teacup piggies. Prices are up to the discretion of the vendor/company).

There will be NO REFUNDS offered this year for pre-purchased tickets.

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