This past Friday I stopped by a unique event that combined a clothes swap with a food truck rodeo in as a benefit for the nonprofit Peoples Channel and Durham Community Media. The Peoples Channel is a community television center where anyone can learn to make a television show.
The fundraiser event was held in downtown Carrboro, NC and I stopped by to take a look. For the benefit, you could buy a ticket which would allow you to sample food from each food truck, and also get a t-shirt or tote bag.
At the event there were about 5 food Trucks were parked in a lot (aka – a Food Rodeo) and a booth with Indian food. I wasn’t able to eat the food, but I watched as people took their tickets and got samples of food from each of the food trucks. Dumplings, Hawaiian ice, and polenta were some of the variety of food that people got to eat.
Next to the Food Rodeo was the clothes swap – where you could bring a bag of clothes pay a small fee, and take clothes that you wanted. Volunteers sorted the clothes into categories and participants can take what they like. There were also silkscreens on site, and people could screen print on clothes if they wanted. I watched as people brought big bags of clothes to the swap. The clothes were organized on large tables and people chatted and interacted while they held up and tried on various items.
I was on my way to buy a gluten free pizza and on the way back from my errand, the event was picking up. The parking lot was getting crowded and the pile of clothing had gotten even taller.
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