Deston Rogers saved the best for last.

Rogers, a 6-year-old from Lewiston, touched, looked at, sat on and admired more than 2o trucks, cars, boats and motorcycles during the Touch-a-Truck event at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston on Sunday.

Rogers’ mother, Shanna, asked him and his twin brother, Devon, to save their favorite truck for last.

“The ice cream truck is my favorite,” Deston Rogers said.

“I can picture them dripping ice cream all over these vehicles,” Shanna Rogers said.

Hardly anyone would have noticed a little ice cream on their truck seat during the Week of the Young Child kickoff, where road crews held kids’ hands and a chopper rider shared his motorcycle helmet. The constant blare of truck horns, sticky fingers and creative questions were tolerated with ease during the inaugural event.

“I like doing things for the kids,” said Larry “Crash” Buteau of Sabattus, who brought his Rewaco trike motorcycle for kids to climb on. “It’s been a really good day.”

Larry Marcoux of the United Way estimated that more than 1,000 people came out to see the 22 vehicles on display. “This has been successful beyond our wildest expectations,” he said.

“I’m really excited that it turned out to be this big,” said Kim St. Pierre, who threw the idea on the table during a Young Child Task Force meeting back in February.

“We had this idea and put this together in a very short time,” Kate Hiss of the YMCA in Auburn said.

Nathan Kallen could not have agreed more.

“He’s loving every minute of it,” Cassandra Kallen said of her 2-year-old son.

“There is nothing more entertaining than a bunch of trucks,” Jason Cyr, the father of Jason, 3, and Alysia, 9, said.

“Trucks, trucks and more trucks. He has everything here in miniature form — probably times 10,” Nadine Massey said as her 8-year-old son Adam waited in line to see the garbage truck.

“Kids love trash trucks. I don’t know why,” Adam Varney, a trash collector from Greene, said. “We’re just trash men. I’m not into politically correct titles.” Varney brought a garbage truck over from his grandfather’s business, Andy Valley Refuse Service in Leeds.

Even mothers got in on the fun. “I’m excited. I’m a girl, and I like trucks,” Cynthia Morgan of Auburn said as her two daughters, Sarah, 6, and Katie, 3, sat inside the bucket of a loader from Auburn Public Works.

“It’s very heartwarming for me to see this,” said St. Pierre , the director of Clover Preschool in Auburn. “What a great way to bring our families and community together … to show how important children are,” Hiss said. “It’s been a great success.”

Week of the Young Child will end on Saturday with another children’s event, Healthy Kid’s Day at the YMCA.