WASHINGTON DC – At the final Truckeroo of the year this Friday, food trucks will be collecting donations and raising money for a Navy Yard shooting fund.
Ryan Kim, co-owner of the SUNdeVICH food truck and Shaw restaurant, said the idea for a fundraiser started out small, but turned into a plan to “make it a big event” by rolling it in to Truckeroo.
“All of us food truckers park there
Che Ruddell-Tabisola, the co-owner of the BBQ Bus and political director for the Food Truck Association, added, “We know these guys on a first name basis. We know their sports team. We start their order when we see them in line.”
Kim, whose mother is a federal worker, has already raised hundreds of dollars for Navy Yard shooting victims. In the week after the shooting, Kim said for every sandwich the SUNdeVICH truck sold he donated a dollar to a Crowd It Forward project.
“It could have happened to my mother. It could have happened to any of my friends,” Kim said, saying he and his crew grew up in the area. “I feel like there’s a bad perception about trucks: That we come in from Virginia or Maryland, we take our money and leave. I don’t want that to be the case.”
“We want to be part of the community,” he added. “I love D.C. It’s home.”
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