First Food Truck dedicated to serving free meals to the community!

Is that a food truck in Columbia Heights? Yes, it is! But, it is not selling anything at all. This year, LAYC partnered with SevaTruck Foundation to serve free vegetarian meals to LAYC participants with the highest need.
SevaTruck is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization established in December 2015 and represents the first food truck in the D.C. metro region that is exclusively dedicated to serving free meals to the community. With a mission to combat hunger, serve humanity, and build unity, SevaTruck’s ability to be mobile and agile in serving hot food where and when it is needed enables it to supplement the metro region’s many brick and mortar food banks.

So many youth in our community do not have access to nutritious meals in the afternoons,” said LAYC Community Wellness Director Mike Leon. “Many of the youth we serve really only get a solid meal while in school. Providing a warm, nutritious meal to a cross section of very hardworking young people who are often over looked in traditional meal programs, serves a very critical need for us,” he added.

SevaTruck served its first meal to the LAYC community. The next meal date is Tuesday, June 14. SevaTruck will offer two services on the 14th: at Noon in front of LAYC’s building on Columbia Road, NW, and at 3 p.m. in front of LAYC’s Safe Housing office on 15th Street, NW. Youth identified by LAYC receive tokens to exchange for a healthy, delicious meal on the day of meal service.

“We are so privileged to partner with the Latin American Youth Center to serve free nutritious hot meals to their youth,” says Sonny Kakar, President and Executive Director of SevaTruck Foundation. “It is astonishing to me that Washington D.C. has the highest rate of food insecurities among children. When I heard that, I knew immediately that we had to do our part to address the most basic, fundamental need of food for those in need right here in our back yard,” continues Kakar. “More importantly, in the case of LAYC, we have the opportunity to mobilize our SevaTruck and make immediate impact to youth and children who may not otherwise have access to a hot, nutritious meal.

~ Source: layc-dc.org