Jax Truckies presented by metrojacksonville.com is hosting the first “Food Truck Rally to Stamp Out Hunger” from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at the parking lot along Main Street adjacent to Burrito Gallery.
Nine food trucks offering food from barbecue to vegetarian fare to ice cream are scheduled to participate.
The event is a benefit for Second Harvest Food Bank. Guests can make a suggested donation of $1 or more to the food bank before sampling the mobile cuisine.
Second Harvest distributes nonperishable food to hungry people and educates the public about the causes and possible solutions to domestic hunger.
The food bank, operated by Lutheran Social Services, distributes food to more than 170,000 individuals annually.
Second Harvest said $1 generates seven meals, the equivalent of two days of food for a person in need.
Event organizer Mike Field said the rally was conceived as a way to raise money for Second Harvest and to serve as a demonstration project.
“It can show how simple things can revitalize Downtown. It’s tactical urbanism. Getting a few people Downtown can lead to getting more people Downtown. This is what’s needed,” he said.
Terry Lorince, executive director of Downtown Vision Inc., the property-owner supported Downtown advocacy organization, said the rally, a special event on private property, is consistent with DVI’s position on food trucks.
“It’s a great partnership with Burrito Gallery. It will bring people Downtown to support an existing business. We’d like to see more people put on events like this and we would like to help them do that,” she said.
For more information, visit metrojacksonville.com/jaxtruckies.
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