Final Food Truck Friday this week
Plenty of good food, live music and fellowship, along with the opportunity to support a good cause, will be available to area residents this Friday as the Cambridge Citizen's Police Academy Alumni will be holding its final Food Truck Friday for this year in downtown Cambridge.
The event will run from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the 800 block of Wheeling Avenue in front of City Hall, as part of the CCPAA's ongoing effort to support the Cambridge Police Department.
There will be food trucks, a beer concession and live music. Music will begin at 3 p.m. with local artists E Wade Rodriguez, followed by Brent & Jessie and Tracy Lingenfelter closing the event. There will also be several activities for children including face painting.
Food trucks scheduled to be in attendance this week are Rock Dawgs, Stine's BBQ, Mandi's Fixins' and Kicken' Lemonade.
"This is our second year for the Food Truck Friday, we have three a year weather permitting in May, July and September. We also have a soup, salad and dessert luncheon in October," explained Kim Conrath, who serves as treasurer for the Cambridge Citizen's Police Academy Alumni organization. "These events are our main fundraisers that allow us to support the police department and academy.
"I was in the initial academy class and I work closely with the police department in my job with the city as the code enforcement officer," Conrath added. "That was the main reason I wanted to participate."
The CCPAAA is a nonprofit organization that was formed after the first Citizen’s Police Academy five years ago. The academy is held annually for 10 weeks to give local residents a better understanding of the Cambridge Police Department, how it operates and to foster good community relationships with the department.
The focus is to raise money to support the police department and its programs such as the Police Academy, the K-9 program and Shop with a Cop.
New in 2022 was the Kid’s Camp which was a two-week program for middle-school students. During the camp they participated in such activities as basic police drills, gun safety and the Constitution and laws. The program culminate with a fun day at Deerassic. It was funded in part by the CCPAAA, and donations from Cambridge City Schools, Deerassic and other local organizations.
The CCPAAA participates in community events such as National Night Out and Main Street activities, to promote and support the police department.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Final Food Truck Friday this week
