People gather at the Five Points Food Truck Party at Milledge Avenue Baptist Church on Aug. 19 to enjoy food from a variety of food trucks. Ten percent of the proceeds from the event went towards Athens Habitat for Humanity. Feature photo and gallery by Connor McCage.
Gallery and article by CONNOR McCAGE – Variety Editor
Video by KELLY FULFORD – Broadcast Editor
Pastor Edward Bolen hosted the the first Five Points Food Truck Party at the Milledge Avenue Baptist Church, on Aug. 19.
Food trucks from all over Georgia gathered to celebrate the first annual Five Points Food Truck Party on Aug. 19th. The party was hosted by Pastor Edward Bolen and held at Milledge Avenue Baptist Church.
“We decided that since no one is doing food trucks on this side of town, we would have a back-to-school food truck party in our neighborhood,” Bolen said. “We are not charging the food vendors anything. We just want our front yard to be a party.”
Holy Crepe!, King of Pops and thirteen other food trucks came to take part in the party. “In addition to the food trucks, attendees had the chance to visit business including “Runway”, which offered scarves and dresses.” Ten percent of proceeds made went to Athens Habitat for Humanity.
“We are currently in the second phase of our new housing project. We just moved our first six tenants in,” Outreach Director for Athens Habitat for Humanity Bridget Silvewright said. “This money is helping us fund that second phase and finish construction.”
Though Bolen did not originally plan to donate funds to Habitat for Humanity, he reached out to the organization.
“We did not do this to hold a fundraiser. We did this to hold a party. We invited all our friends from the neighborhood and had a party,” Bolen said. “It was actually the owners of the food trucks that had the idea to donate to a charity. They like to give back when they do these things.”
Bolen enjoyed the event and is open to holding it again in the future.
“When it is all set and done we will talk to all our neighbors and partners and see if it was successful for them as vendors,” Bolen said. “Whether this becomes an annual event or bi-annual event, I guess we will have to wait and see.”
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