LeBron James provides food for more than 1,300 people in a special Taco Tuesday in his hometown
LeBron James loves Taco Tuesdays. We see that on his Instagram feed when he’s having fun with his family at dinner and yelling, “Tacoooo Tooooooooosssday!”
Taco Tuesday took on a new meaning this week as James and the LeBron James Family Foundation fed 340 I Promise School students and their families chicken and beef tacos, rice, beans and tortillas with all the fixings. He also helped an Akron, Ohio, restaurant that has been affected by coronavirus.
Call it a special edition of Taco Tuesday, and it will happen again next week, when the foundation delivers even more meals to Akron families connected to James’ I Promise program.
Akron Family Restaurant co-owner Nick Corpas said he got a call last week and was excited to help. He started making his orders almost immediately and began prepping for the meals on Monday. He and restaurant employees arrived at the restaurant at 6 a.m. ET Tuesday to cook and assemble the meals.
He said they finished around 4 p.m., and LJFF volunteers parked cars outside the restaurant. Adhering to social distancing recommendations, the volunteers remained in their cars while workers and volunteers placed the food in trunks.
Each serving tray provided food for four to five people — enough for more than 1,300 people to have dinner.
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Volunteers then delivered meals, calling homes in advance to let them know when they would be arriving. Those families with children at the I Promise School, which is closed as the country tries to limit the coronavirus spread, still have access to the food pantry at the school but were in need of a hot meal.
