Meals on (two) wheels
When it's in the hundreds outside, a Popsicle can change your day.
Austin Bicycle Meals was born from a similar effort in Los Angeles' Koreatown, where Wourms, a self-described"bike freak" who works in film and television, previously lived. When the pandemic hit and work ceased, he went looking for ways to serve his community. Food Not Bombs is a leaderless volunteer movement that gives away vegetable-based meals prepared primarily with surplus produce. It was founded in 1980 by activists in Cambridge, Mass., with the radical notion that food is a human right. Today there are hundreds of independent chapters all over the world that typically serve meals in public parks or at encampments, but also on picket lines and places where people have been affected by natural disasters.
Of course, Austin Bicycle Meals' most powerful asset is its volunteers. Wourms says the ride now has a steady roster of regular helpers, usually between five and 10 per night.
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