Making food more accessible to East Oakland

When I was in the eighth grade my great granny had a stroke and my grandma dropped everything to take care of her until I was a sophomore in high school. My grandma struggled to take care of her for many reasons but the main one was inaccessibility to groceries. In East Oakland, where my great granny's house is, the main places to get groceries closed down and the options are scarce. Over time my grandma was no longer able to take my great granny out of the house and could not leave her unattended which made it difficult to get anything to eat. East Oakland is a food desert: "residential geographic spaces, typically in urban settings, where low-income residents have limited or no access to retail food establishments with sufficient variety at affordable cost.” 

Having a lot of family members residing in Oakland made this an issue close to my heart and I want to do everything in my power to fix it. My goal is to have a food truck to make groceries and healthy meal options accessible to the poor, disabled, and even the homeless in Oakland. 

Donating to this cause will put me one step closer to having the funds to get this dream off the ground. 

See this link to see more details about what I need to help make Oakland a better place: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nXab0gsn-cq-zNFfB0lErj0Tb3q9Uag_LpLb0QC2wWY/edit?usp=sharing Edit: I have made an instagram and twitter @azuresonestop