Truck day delights nursery school kids

Hanging out out in the cherry picker were, from left, Briella DellItalia, 3; Emmy Manza, 3; Madeline Bitz, 4; and Mia Gilbride, 3. Behind them is village employee Joe Zuccaro.

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Valley Streamer Aayden, 2, checked out a bulldozer

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Dalia Park, 4, took in the view from the bulldozer’s cab.

Getting some help ringing a fire truck’s bell was Jayden Aponte, 4, whose mom, Jeanette, showed him the ropes.

Staff and students from Holy Trinity Nursery School gathered for a photo. The school had about 50 children show up for the event.

Alex Scarangella, 3, enjoyed sitting in the driver’s seat of a village truck. Its horn was a popular feature among the kids.

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Three-year-old Briella DellItalia grinned from ear to ear as village worker Joe Zuccaro lifted her into the bucket of a cherry picker truck at Truck Day, the annual event held by Holy Trinity Nursery School and Grace Methodist Nursery School.

“I love Truck Day!” Zuccaro said, with a smile as big as the nearby children’s. “The kids love it.”

Behind him, a child sitting in the driver’s seat of a village truck blared its horn. Then blared it again. And again — and didn’t let go for 20 seconds.

Diane Panzarino, director of Grace Methodist Nursery School, said that the event, which Holy Trinity started more than 20 years ago, is a great opportunity for local parents and their children to connect. “It’s nice because it does unite the two nursery schools,” she said. “It brings the pre-K kids of the community together.”