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NBA star Steph Curry and his wife, entrepreneur Ayesha Curry, descended from their colorful bus Wednesday afternoon to a small crowd of cheering children in East Oakland, California. As the Currys—who are practically royalty in the Bay Area—took pictures and signed autographs, groups of children began to line up at the side of the bus, clamoring for free books being handed out by volunteers.
It’s the kind of excitement the Currys were hoping for with the Eat. Learn. Play. Bus, a mobile resource unit that will distribute hot meals, grocery staples, fresh produce and free books to underserved children in Oakland. The completely refurbished school bus is decked out with bright murals featuring the Currys, multiple flat-screen TVs, a rooftop deck, speakers and a basketball hoop. It’s a food truck, free bookstore and entertainment center all rolled into one.
The idea is to reduce the stigma around receiving free resources by making the experience fun—and improve Oakland’s literacy rate. According to the nonprofit Oakland Literacy Coalition, only 35.1% of Oakland Unified School District students are“We wanted to make it colorful and have all the hydraulics and antics to have that feeling like when you’re a kid and the ice cream trick would come driving down the street.
Globalwelnes7 He's still nowhere near as good as LeBron
this is terrible news
What's the point of free if they can just shoplift it all?
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