This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Lili Engelhardt, who was instrumental in staging this year’s Touch a Truck event in Chapel Hill — a very popular event put on by UNC Children’s Hospital and Troop 39 of the Boy Scouts of America.
The event showcases many vehicles — from emergency, construction, and landscaping to military, transportation, and Mac trucks – and recognizes essential workers in the local area.
This year, Engelhardt was tasked with staging this beloved and popular Touch a Trunk event in a COVID-safe way. She turned it into a drive through — completely reimagining the popular event in the midst of a pandemic.
The event is free, but donations were accepted that went towards the UNC Children’s Hospital and Troop 39 of the Boy Scouts of America.
To learn more about the Touch a Truck event, visit their website.
Listen to this week’s Hometown Hero segment:
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