Page 14 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021 Annual Touch-A-Truck raises $1K for Relay For Life H By Tara Vocino undreds attended the Sixth Annual Mom’s Cancer Fighting Angels/Touch-A-Truck fundraiser, raising approximately $1,000 to benefit the American Cancer Society Relay For Life, at Fuddruckers in Saugus on Sunday. Event Organizer Guy Moley, who is a cancer survivor, said it was the biggest year yet – more than 40 pieces were lined up, including, but not limited to, construction equipment, military equipment, school buses, tree trucks, Saugus police/fire/patrolman union cruisers, cancer awareness cruisers and a fire truck from the North Pole. Approximately four years ago following the event, a parent told Moley that her young son sat in the Agganis Construction frontend loader, and he said, “Mommy, look, I’m a bulldozer driver.” “It was at that point that we knew that this was going to be an annual event,” Moley said, who added that he included the children’s events to make it more family friendly. This year, Boston Helicopters landed a surprise helicopter, for the first time. Parents and children alike said they were excited to see a helicopter up close. For Saugus resident Brandon Goodrich, 8, who wants to be a firefighter, it was his 20th time in a fire truck, in this case, Saugus Fire Department spare engine 4, built in 2007. But that didn’t stop him from going in it again. It was the ultimate playground for a kid with a dream. Opening the Sixth Annual Mom’s Cancer Fighting Angels/ Touch-A-Truck event was Boston Bruins singer Todd Angilly singing the National Anthem at Fuddruckers on Sunday. DROPPING IN: The event’s big surprise: Saugus brothers Declan and Jamison Follis sat in a helicopter, for the first time. JUNIOR FIREFIGHTER: Saugus resident Brandon Goodrich, 8, who wants to be a firefighter when he grows up, inside Engine 4, with Firefighter Donald Blandini, also of Saugus. Noah Belliveau, 8, liked being up high in the military cargo truck. Parents Louis and Lisa DeMaria, of Saugus, guided their son, Jacob, 3, into the Cataldo Ambulance bay, for the first time. Pictured from left to right are Elizabeth, James, 1, wearing an “I dig dad” excavator shirt, and twins Marie and Claire Venezia, 5, inside an Agganis Construction front-end loader bucket. Conor Marguedant, 2, beeped the horn in an Export Towing truck. Cynthia Rosenfield, 8, said Santa must have been wrapping presents, since he wasn’t in front of the North Pole Fire Truck. Malden resident August Maxwell, 2, enjoyed the bouncy house. Mom’s Cancer Fighting Angels team member Kim Shearing displayed butterfly wreaths for sale, benefiting the American Cancer Society Relay For Life. Melrose Police canine officer Brian Trainor guided Nero, 5, during a mock drug bust. Pictured in the middle row, from left to right, are event organizers Jodi Comeau, Kim Shearing and Brenda Moley; pictured in back is John Melanson. In the center are junior team captain Alexis Comeau, John Gilmore and team captain Guy Moley. (Not pictured: Darlene Coates.) Nero, 5, bit decoy Melrose Police Sgt. Nicholas MacIntosh during a canine demonstration. Event organizers included Darlene Coates and Keith Meisner (far right). (Advocate photos by Tara Vocino)
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