We saw a pretty cool event in Brooklyn next weekend that Frites ‘N’ Meats tweeted about – and it’s a fundraiser for a very good cause – public school arts education.

Touch-A-Truck Brooklyn will let kids climb inside, touch and explore the trucks you see everyday, plus a bunch of other cool vehicles.  All proceeds will benefit the arts programs at P.S. 295 – music, dance, drama, and visual arts.

When: Saturday, April 9, 11am – 2pm, rain or shine

Where: PS 295, 18th Street between 6th and 7th Aves in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Subway: R to Prospect Ave; F to 15th St/Prospect Park

Tickets: $5 per person, children under 2 are free

What it is: A chance for Brooklyn kids to encounter working trucks and vehicles they see in everyday life up close and personal.

Website: Shiny Brite (twitter @shinybriteworld)

Hop in the driver’s seat of:

• FDNY fire truck
• Ambulance
• Police car
• Dump truck
• Garbage truck
• Tow Truck
• The Truck Farm
• The Treats Truck
• Airstream trailer
• Sign-hanging bucket trucks
• Vintage ice cream truck
• Vintage cars
• Fire Safety Education Unit
• Concrete truck
• Moving truck
• The BioBus (sponsored by Target)

And much more!

**NYC food trucks The Treats Truck, Frites & Meats and 2009 Vendy Award Winners Country Boys Tacos will have food available for purchase!**

Country Boys Tacos from the 2009 Vendy Awards

The 2009 Vendy Award winner is the Country Boys/Martinez Taco Truck, which is usually at the Red Hook Ballfields in Brooklyn.  Their pork tacos were awesome, and they had the longest lines of the day.

The Grey Poupon People’s Taste Award, which everyone who attended got to vote for, was the Biryani Cart, run by Meru Sikder.  He has been at the corner of 46th St and 6th Ave for the past 7 years.  While everything at Biryani Cart was excellent, people seemed to especially love the Kathi Rolls.

The Dessert winner was Wafels and Dinges, run by Thomas Degeest from Belgium.  In case you’re wondering Dinges means “stuff”, which refers to the toppings, such as bananas, strawberries, belgian fudge, whipped cream, ice cream, dulce de leche, walnuts, nutella, maple syrup or butter.  Thomas was a very happy man after winning the Dessert category.

The Rookie of the Year award went to Schnitzel and Things, a personal favorite of mine.  I Luv Schnitzel!

All the finalists were great.  See my other post on the rest of the finalists.