{"id":24566,"date":"2019-12-09T11:55:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T16:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=24566"},"modified":"2019-12-09T13:02:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T18:02:15","slug":"sevatruck-free-meal-food-truck-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/sevatruck-free-meal-food-truck-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"SevaTruck: A Sikh American\u2019s Langar on Wheels Cooks and Serves Fresh Meals to the Needy for Free"},"content":{"rendered":"
Swami Vivekananda said, \u201cIt is only by doing good to others that one does good to oneself.\u201d This maxim is true about Sonny Kakar, a Sikh American of Indian origin, who has imbibed the value of serving the needy<\/strong>. A resident of Washington DC, Sonny Kakar operates a unique food truck to distribute fresh, nutritious meals to the hungry for free in the US capital region where one in every seven households grapples with the pangs of hunger.<\/p>\n Aptly named SevaTruck, Sonny Kakar\u2019s free-meal food truck in the Washington DC<\/span><\/a> metro area and Michigan<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 is part of SevaTruck Foundation<\/strong>, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the vision and mission of mitigating hunger in local communities by providing nutritionally balanced vegetarian meals to anyone in need. Seva Truck has distributed 50,000 free meals to this day.<\/p>\n