Help Us Bring Our Family Coffee Truck to Life ☕❤️

We are a small family from Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, and this coffee truck is the dream we’ve been building — piece by piece — with our own hands and hearts.

My husband started this project completely from zero. No loans. No big investors. Just determination, hard work, and the belief that we could create something beautiful for our community. He customized the entire truck himself — every wire, every panel, every detail — turning an empty shell into what will soon be our small family coffee shop on wheels.

He even taught himself SketchUp from scratch so he could design the entire layout and floor plan on his own. After weeks of learning, measuring, and perfecting every inch, his floor plans were officially approved by the Health Department — a huge milestone that made us feel like this dream was truly becoming real.

I help with the design and organization whenever I can, balancing this dream with caring for our 2‑year‑old daughter. Many parts of this truck were built late at night after she fell asleep or early in the morning before the day began. This project has become a symbol of our hope for a better future for our little girl.

Coffee has always been a part of our story. We met 11 years ago while working at a coffee shop, and it became the place where our lives connected. Through the years, we worked different jobs, went through ups and downs, but we always carried the idea of creating our own place — something warm, honest, and filled with love.

After our daughter was born, we finally decided to take the leap. It felt like the perfect time to grow our second “baby” — our family coffee truck.

The construction process took everything we had: time, energy, savings, and more money than we initially planned. We pushed through every challenge because we believed in this dream.

But life doesn’t always follow the path we expect. In the middle of this project, we both lost our jobs. Suddenly, we had no income, and the last steps needed to open our truck became impossible to cover.

And then, just when we thought we had overcome the hardest part, our truck was broken into. All of my husband’s hand tools — the very tools he used to build this truck from scratch — were stolen. Drills, grinders, saws, screwdrivers… everything he relied on to finish the work was gone overnight. It was heartbreaking to see months of effort and sacrifice shaken like that, but we refused to give up.

We are so close — standing right at the finish line — but we can’t cross it alone.

What We Still Need to Finish

Here is the final amount needed to officially open:

Electrical — $1,500

Vehicle Registration — $2,700

Insurance — $600

HCD Inspection — $480

Plumbing — $1,400

Miscellaneous — $1,000

Produce, milk, ingredients — $1,500

Parking (commissary kitchen, required by the Health Department) — $1,600

POS system — $1,500

Total needed: $12,280

We are humbly asking for help so we can finish what we started — a project built with love, sacrifice, and a dream we’ve carried together for more than a decade.

Every dollar brings us closer. Every share matters. Every bit of support means the world to us and our little family.

Thank you for reading our story — and thank you for believing in us. ❤️