LeBron James has made it very well-known over the past few years how much he loves tacos, especially when they come on Tuesday. But Taco Tuesday has a new, more important meaning now in light of a global pandemic that has completely changed most of American life.
As you all know by now, schools across the country are moving to remote learning or will be postponed for a while. One of the schools affected is the I Promise school in Akron, Ohio that LeBron James helped start, but is part of the Akron Public school district. On Tuesday, James and the school started a two-week Taco Tuesday program for 340 I Promise students and their families. It will happen again next Tuesday as well, totaling nearly 700 meals over 2 weeks. In total, the meals given out were closer to 1,300, according to USA TODAY’s Jeff Zillgitt. The meals were also given while adhering to social distancing protocols.
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.
While the spread of the coronavirus and the pandemic has forced everyone inside, LeBron is still upholding his commitment to go above and beyond for his kids at the I Promise School. LeBron’s Lakers teammate Kyle Kuzma also committed to providing 500 meals a week to kids in his hometown of Flint, Michigan through the Flint YMCA.
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