Not only were they serving fresh food, but they were helping students in the consumer and technical education program, otherwise known as CTE, learn about the food truck business.
"My favorite answer to that is always being my own boss making my own decisions," The Woodshed Mobile Wood-Fired Pizza owner Tom Babler said when asked about what he enjoys in the business.
Family and consumer sciences and the business departments at Logan Middle School made the decision to join forces and teach students about the real-world food truck opportunities.
"It’s really fun you know seeing how they run their food trucks," Eighth-grader Tyler Stevenson said. "And how they make their food."
The co-founders of Midwest Bites Food Truck worked with the school staff to turn the event into a fundraiser. "We figured that we could make it into a big fundraiser for the school lunch program in hopes that the community will come out and support that and reduce any debts that are out there for the school lunch program," Midwest Bites co-founder Mary Walleser said. "Because no kid should be hungry."
According to Feeding America, one in six children does not know where their next meal will come from.
