As the community of Uvalde continues to recover from the May 24 Robb Elementary School shooting, World Central Kitchen along with other restaurants from San Antonio are stepping up to help by feeding people in need.
According to a Facebook post, World Central Kitchen popped up in Uvalde Saturday to serve the community a mix of Mexican cuisine favorites. The meals and other food items given out included beef fajitas, rice, beans, pico de gallo, grilled jalapeños, breakfast tacos, and even a range of aguas frescas. Residents had the option to eat their food outside the mobile kitchen or take their meal home.
Cappy Lawton and executive chef Gabriel Ibarra along with a team of staff members from the Cappy’s Restaurants group (that includes Mama’s Cafe, Cappy’s, Cappyccino’s and La Fonda on Main partnered with WCK and cooked 1,000 meals between Friday and Saturday.
This is not uncommon for the globe-trotting pop-up kitchen organization. World Central Kitchen began in 2010 after chef Jose Andres went to Haiti following an earthquake that devastated the small island country, according to the World Central Kitchen website. The organization has helped people across the globe who have been affected by disasters and other trying times, such as hurricanes, the COVID-19 pandemic, brush fires and most recently Ukraine, to name a few.
Uvalde resident Sunjin Contreras hands out free strawberry-banana smoothie while volunteering with World Central Kitchen and El Juice Bar, a San-Antonio based food truck owned by Andrew Mora, on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Several San Antonio restaurants and food trucks, including Rosaâs Kitchen and Lawton Family of Restaurants, have teamed up with World Central Kitchen, an organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of disasters, to give out free food to the Uvalde community throughout Memorial Day weekend.
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San Antonio institutions are also finding ways to help the affected families however they can. A local snack spot found a more health-conscious way to give back to the devastated community.
El Juice Bar SA 210 will be providing “comforting healthy treats” to residents over the next few days, meaning the San Antonio shop will be closed throughout the busy Memorial Day weekend, according to an Instagram post.
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Rosa Ruiz of Rosaâs Kitchen, a San Antonio-based food truck business she runs with her daughter Paloma Arellano, cooks up scrambled eggs and ham for breakfast tacos near the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Rosaâs Kitchen has teamed up with World Central Kitchen, an organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of disasters, to give out free food to anyone in need throughout Memorial Day weekend from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
San Antonio restauranteur Cappy Lawton grills jalapeños to pair with grilled pork chops and a potato hash to give out to the Uvalde community for free in partnership with World Central Kitchen, an organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of disasters, on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Lawton said the group have out 400 meals on Friday and 600 meals on Saturday.
First Baptist Church of Uvalde congregants Allison Kimble, left, and Jackie Stratton volunteer with World Central Kitchen to give out free drinks and food to the community on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Stratton, who works for American Lumber located next door to WCKâs food tents, found out volunteers were needed and informed her bible study group. âThis [helping our community] is what we would rather be remembered for,â Kimble said.
San Antonio chef Gabriel Ibarra grills pork chops to pair with potato hash and grilled jalapeños to give out to the Uvalde community for free in partnership with World Central Kitchen, an organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of disasters, on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. The Lawton Family of Restaurants group gave out 400 meals on Friday and 600 meals on Saturday.
San Antonio chef Gabriel Ibarra grills pork chops to pair with potato hash and grilled jalapeños to give out to the Uvalde community for free in partnership with World Central Kitchen, an organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of disasters, on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. The Lawton Family of Restaurants group gave out 400 meals on Friday and 600 meals on Saturday.
Rosa Ruiz, left, and her daughter Paloma Arellano of Rosaâs Kitchen, a San Antonio-based food truck business, direct volunteers to help them back egg and ham breakfast tacos to give out to the community of Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., they gave out about 1,000 free tacos in partnership with World Central Kitchen, an organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of disasters. They will staying in Uvalde to provide free food for community until Monday.
Volunteers from the San Antonio-based Lawton Family of Restaurants group give out free meals in partnership with World Central Kitchen, an organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of disasters, on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. They served grilled pork chops, a potato hash and grilled jalapeños to the community throughout the day on Saturday. According to restaurateur Cappy Lawton the group gave out 400 meals on Friday and 600 meals on Saturday.
First Baptist Church of Uvalde congregants Allison Kimble, left, and Jackie Stratton volunteer with World Central Kitchen to give out free drinks and food to the community on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Stratton, who works for American Lumber located next door to WCKâs food tents, found out volunteers were needed and informed her bible study group. âThis [helping our community] is what we would rather be remembered for,â Kimble said.
Ten-year-old Vincent Gattanella of Houston putting stickers on cups while volunteering with World Central Kitchen, an organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of disasters, on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Gattanella and his 12-year-old sister Melania are visiting with their grandparents, who have been Uvalde residents for over 10 years, and wanted to volunteer in the aftermath of the Uvalde mass shooting.
Uvalde resident Sunjin Contreras hands out free strawberry-banana smoothie while volunteering with World Central Kitchen and El Juice Bar, a San-Antonio based food truck owned by Andrew Mora, on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Several San Antonio restaurants and food trucks, including Rosaâs Kitchen and Lawton Family of Restaurants, have teamed up with World Central Kitchen, an organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of disasters, to give out free food to the Uvalde community throughout Memorial Day weekend.
![First Baptist Church of Uvalde congregants Allison Kimble, left, and Jackie Stratton volunteer with World Central Kitchen to give out free drinks and food to the community on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Stratton, who works for American Lumber located next door to WCKâs food tents, found out volunteers were needed and informed her bible study group. âThis [helping our community] is what we would rather be remembered for,â Kimble said.](https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/25/75/74/22535951/3/1200x0.jpg)
![First Baptist Church of Uvalde congregants Allison Kimble, left, and Jackie Stratton volunteer with World Central Kitchen to give out free drinks and food to the community on the corner of West Garden and South Getty Streets in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Stratton, who works for American Lumber located next door to WCKâs food tents, found out volunteers were needed and informed her bible study group. âThis [helping our community] is what we would rather be remembered for,â Kimble said.](https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/25/75/74/22535941/3/1200x0.jpg)
