{"id":14560,"date":"2025-12-15T12:35:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intuitblog.com\/?p=14560"},"modified":"2025-12-17T09:18:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:18:45","slug":"high-school-students-serve-thanksgiving-with-intuit-food-truck-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/blog\/social-responsibility\/job-readiness\/high-school-students-serve-thanksgiving-with-intuit-food-truck-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Serve It Forward with The Intuit Food Truck Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For many, the Thanksgiving holiday means cozy traditions and a table full of food. However, for countless others, the season is a stark reminder of needs that go unmet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, high schoolers from eight districts coast-to-coast dedicated their time and skills to help meet those needs in their communities. As part of a nationwide Students Serve It Forward <\/em><\/strong>initiative, these young people channeled their energy and expertise into one mission: ensuring their communities had access to a full, home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. In partnership with Intuit for Education<\/strong> who funded the meals, students selected organizations in their communities to support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Food is a right, and everyone should be able to have access to that no matter what,” said Braeden, a Reed High School senior. “We’ve cooked turkeys, mashed potatoes, gravy, lots of things to serve today, so I’m super excited.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student entrepreneurship in action: Hands-on skills that empower students to serve their communities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This holiday community effort was catalyzed by the <\/strong>Intuit Food Truck Program<\/strong><\/a>, a free work-based learning program from Intuit for Education that provides high school students with fully equipped food trucks and mobile food carts to help build their entrepreneurial skills. It\u2019s all part of Intuit\u2019s mission to help 50 million students become financially literate, capable, and confident by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hands-on learning experiences. Real-world tools. Entrepreneurial finance curriculum. Through the program, students gain practical skills that can truly help them on the road to creating their own business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intuit believes that helping the next generation build business skills also means showing them the value of using those skills to give back. Because entrepreneurship isn\u2019t just about making money \u2014 it\u2019s about leading the way to a better path forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Sexton, Chief Program Officer with Eddy House in Reno<\/a>, highlighted the significance<\/a>: \u201cThe holidays can be tough\u2026 they\u2019re particularly challenging for those who don\u2019t have the thing we so often take for granted. Access to food and to a home-cooked meal, those things make all the difference in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Making an impact for communities across the country with Intuit for Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As part of their community impact project, students transformed their entrepreneurial learning into meaningful experiences\u2014preparing and serving Thanksgiving meals to approximately 2,500 community members in need.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because every community has different needs, each school focused its efforts where it mattered most. Some served unhoused teens. Others supported local missions. Several provided meals directly to food-insecure families within their own districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s a breakdown of students giving back across the country:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n