Throughout this past summer the Fredericksburg Public School System provided kids of the city with meals via their new Mobile Café food truck. The program helps ensure that children in the city got good nutritional meals during the summer.

All kids in the city who approached the truck in the three locations they operated from were given free meals and not only those who were eligible for free or reduced lunch. Adults or those above 18 years old had to pay $3.

The truck was built by Rolling Restaurants, a local food truck fabricator. The truck made stops in the Bragg Hill Family Life Center, Hazel Hill apartments and Mayfield Civic Association, Mondays to Fridays for six weeks. Meals were the same as those served in school cafeterias, such as pizzas, nachos, burgers, and even salads, hummus, and a veggie burger.

The summer feeding program was run by the Virginia Department of Health, unlike the school breakfast and lunch programs, which are run by the Department of Education.

Now that the summer feeding program is over, they plan to use the truck for other activities and locations such as the Farmers Market at Hurkamp Park.

Photo from Rolling Restaurants FB page.