Nine food trucks, countless smiles, and one great cause
Guelph’s second annual downtown food truck picnic was hosted by Sweet Temptations Cupcakery and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph (BBBSG) at Exhibition Park on Sunday, May 28.
During the picnic, The Ontarion spoke to Michael Treadgold, manager of development and communications at BBBSG.
Treadgold explained that university students make great big brothers and sisters because they can relate well to the “littles.”
In order to become a “big,” you must be over the age of 18 and go through an application process that is similar to a job interview. “Bigs” and “littles” are paired based on their areas of interest.
Traditionally, women are paired with girls and men are paired with boys or two “bigs” are paired with a “little.” BBBSG are planning to move in the direction of co-ed pairs because they recognize that gender identity differs from biological sex and children’s needs differ from individual to individual.Treadgold also stated that there is currently a demand for big brothers based on the needs of the waitlist.
According to the Facebook event, “the proceeds from today will go towards supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph as well as the 625 children in the Guelph area.”
The proceeds refer to those generated by the nine local food trucks, which prepared a variety of delicious dishes for the crowd in Exhibition Park.
A strawberry and ricotta crepe from Café du Monde Crêperie Food Truck.
A chicken wrap filled with feta and bruschetta as well as fresh cut fries and vegetarian gravy from the Schmuck Truck.
Strawberry lemonades from Street Food Guelph.
Guelph dance festival volunteers Maryn Work, Solama Belluz, and Estel B. enjoyed mango lassis from Mango Chutney Food Truck.
Jeanie Romero, Mae Romero, Alyania Anderson were excited to try mac and cheese in their grilled cheese sandwiches from Fo’ Cheezy Food Truck.
Jamie Mckeown and Garrett Mckeown found some shade to share schnitzel and rice balls from Dobro Jesti.
Larisa Kele, Alisha Evans, and Brin Thomson of Big Brothers Big Sisters ran The Beer Garden, which was a new addition to the food truck picnic this year.
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Other trucks included the brightly coloured El Luchador Mexican Fusion, Breakfast Blues & BBQs, and the purple food truck Sprinkle, which belongs to one of the event’s hosts: Sweet Temptations Cupcakery.
Feature photo by Mariah Bridgeman/The Ontarion.