弗里蒙特街頭美食節 | Fremont Street Eats | July 2023

The smell of street food fills the air as food trucks gather for Fremont Street Eats, a weekly event held at the Downtown Fremont Event Center. MHACC and other booths arrive early to set up their canopies under the hot sun while the occasional cool breeze keeps everyone happy. As families, friends, and curious passerbys begin trickling in, the DJ starts the music and the fun begins. The small but lively event also features a variety of local vendors, from fitness and health to clothing and home design. 

 Partnering with Science is Elementary, a nonprofit which aims to provide science education to young students, MHACC and its team of staff and volunteers have prepared DIY science kits for kids to play with and take home. Throughout the evening, several groups of children stop by the booth to try out the science kits. With toothpicks, straws, pipe cleaners, and marshmallows, Regina, Rachael, Michael, and Cindy teach kids how to build little structures and test the strength of the various materials. At the end of each demo, the young builders take home their science kits filled with plenty of materials and instructions on other fun projects. 

Besides the kits, MHACC also handed out baseball stress balls and contributed a self-care kit for the event’s raffle at the end of the night. As the event neared its conclusion and the energy seemed to fade, Michael, one of our volunteers, made a last second entry into the raffle and luckily won a prize! The team is all smiles after a successful and fun night at Fremont Street Eats.

空氣中瀰漫著街頭小吃的味道，餐車聚集在弗里蒙特市活動中心參加每週一次的弗里蒙特街頭美食活動。 MHACC 和其他展位早早到達，在烈日下搭起雨篷，偶爾吹來的涼風讓每個人都心情愉悅。 當家人、朋友和好奇的路人陸續湧入時，DJ 開始播放音樂，歡樂開始。 這場規模雖小但熱鬧的活動還包括各種當地供應商，從健身和健康到服裝和家居設計。

MHACC 及其工作人員和志願者團隊與旨在為年輕學生提供科學教育的非營利組織 Science is Elementary 合作，準備了 DIY 科學套件供孩子們玩耍並帶回家。 整個晚上，孩子們在展位前停下來試用科學工具。 雷吉娜、瑞秋、邁克爾和辛迪用牙籤、吸管、管道清潔劑和棉花糖教孩子們如何建造小型結構並測試各種材料的強度。 在每次演示結束時，年輕的建造者們都會把他們的科學作品帶回家，裡面裝滿了其他有趣項目的材料和說明。

除了這些工具包外，MHACC 還分發了棒球壓力球，並為當晚活動的抽獎活動提供了一套自我護理工具包。 隨著活動接近尾聲，活力似乎逐漸消退，我們的志願者之一邁克爾在最後一秒參加了抽獎，幸運地贏得了獎品！ 在弗里蒙特街頭美食節度過了一個成功而有趣的夜晚後，我們的團隊都笑容滿面。