The Tow Truck Parade is set for Sept. 10
The Tow Truck Parade, celebrating 100 years of the commercial tow truck in Chattanooga where it all began, will be held through downtown on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m., which will be capped with a Christmas-themed Tow Trucks for Tots float.
The 100-Year Tow Truck Parade will end at Ross's Landing, where a fireworks show sponsored by Ooltewah-based Miller Industries is planned.
Chattanooga, the birthplace of the first commercial tow truck – a Holmes wrecker built on a 1913 Cadillac – will play a central role in the events to be a marked with celebrations at the annual Tennessee Tow Show Sept. 8-10 at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
Tow Trucks for Tots is a non profit effort organized by Worldwide Equipment Sales LLC of Rockdale, Ill., which each year cheers up thousands of girls and boys with a Christmas gift.
Now in its eighth year, Tow Trucks for Tots attracts towing operators from as far away as Indiana, Missouri, Michigan Wisconsin and other adjoining states to Illinois for the annual event, which includes a 42-mile tow truck parade. Tow Trucks for Tots currently holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest tow truck parade.
The 100-Year Tow Truck Parade will begin at the Convention Center and end at Ross's Landing, and is sponsored by truck manufacturer Jerr-Dan Corp., an Oshkosh Corporation headquartered in Hagerstown, Md.
Tennessee Tow Show attendees and Chattanooga residents may donate to the toy collection, which will benefit Chattanooga-area girls and boys.
New and unwrapped toy donations may be dropped off at the Tow Trucks for Tots tent at Ross's Landing on parade day or at the Worldwide Equipment Sales booth 1208 at the Tennessee Tow Show.
The Tennessee Tow Show, entering its fifth year, is hosted by Tow Times magazine, the towing and recovery industry's leading publication.
For more information on Tow Trucks for Truck, visit towtrucksfortots.com. Contact founder Pat Winer at Pwiner8304@aol.com or 815.725-4400.
Visit TennesseeTowShow.com for more about the tow show.