WESTBOROUGH – Families from the Westborough community gathered at the First United Methodist Church on June 15th for the third annual Love for Lifesavers event.
Community members of all ages were encouraged to participate in this free touch-a-truck event.
There were numerous first response vehicles from the Westborough police, fire and Department of Public Works; Environmental Police; Ted’s Towing and the Worcester County Sheriff Department. First responders opened up their vehicles as kids hopped in, blasted sirens and spoke into the police cars PA systems.
“Sometimes people get a bad notion about law enforcement and see it in a negative light. We don’t want that viewpoint from families in Westborough or elsewhere. We are here to support our community, we really want to bring forth positive energy,” said Westborough Police Officer Joe Cibotti.
Cibotti has been with the Westborough Police Department for almost six years and is involved with community engagement.
Attendees were also able to grab a bite from the local food trucks who catered the event, including Kona Ice, Mike’s Ultimate Grille, Jerry’s Ice Cream, All Purpose Bakery and Travelin’ Bones BBQ.
“I just love seeing the parking lot full. Especially coming out of the pandemic, church parking lots were empty and people were hesitant to come back. It’s nice to see our parking lot filled with people in our community and law enforcement. The food trucks are such a great touch to this event as well,” said First United Methodist Church’s Marketing and Communications Coordinator Skyler Mosteller.
Monsteller has been working for First United Methodist Church since they first started this event back in 2021.
She hopes that Love for Lifesavers gives attendees the ability to “say thank you to all of our hard working first responders, eat some good food and help families connect with other members of their community.”
Stephanie Glenn was one of many attendees that joined the event accompanied by her son who was enamored with each truck.
“We liked seeing all the trucks up close and personal, it’s so great for the little ones. It’s wonderful that our community offers this and is such a great form of community gathering. If they hold this event next year I would definitely come again,” said Glenn.
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