This fall the Troopers have kicked off the “Silver Spur Campaign” for a badly needed new food truck. The days of donuts and a cup of juice in the morning, fast food, or passing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the bus have stepped out of bounds. Entering the field for touring are efficient, practical, and well equipped food trucks.
The current food truck serves four meals a day to 200 members, staff, and volunteers. Multiply that times 8 years of tour, and that’s more than 500,000 meals served!
It holds countless gallons of milk, cereal, eggs, and much more.
Cooking begins before the corps wakes up, and shuts down hours after the evening snack.
Food trucks are indispensable for corps tours and provide healthy food to keep up with the demands of the activity. With the size of the corps meeting the highest level of numbers allowed, the food truck needs to be replaced with a bigger, better equipped, and better designed kitchen. The truck has simply worn out both inside and out. The power goes out intermittently, the ovens and grills have deteriorated over time. The roof is patched every summer and leaks like there are holes drilled in it.
Water lines have failed, gas lines have failed, and water heaters have come and gone. After repairs and more repairs, the corps is left merely with repairing the repairs.
In order to stay compliant with the current FDA and Serv-Pro guidelines it`s time to upgrade the kitchen. These are just a few of the things we need to do in order to have a healthy food truck, and stay in the guidelines of safe food service:
New stainless 3 bowl sinks - wash, rinse, and sanitize,
New refrigeration unit- per California regulations,
Stainless counter tops,
Larger holding tanks,
Larger propane tanks.
Between the grease, the traffic, and the mileage, the food truck isn't acceptable. If you were to walk past the hard working volunteers, you would be embarrassed. It is not something to be proud of for sure.
You can click HERE to give online, or mail a check to:
Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps
Silver Spur Campaign
1801 East E
Casper, WY 82601
Also, please put your caption head, color guard commander, or drum major’s name in the memo so we can keep track of the drill down between the commanders.
Date
Location
Dec 16-18, 2011
Waller High School
20950 Field Store Rd
Waller Texas 77484
All flights are to be into IAH airport by 4pm on Friday. We will provide shuttle service to/from that airport ONLY!! Camp will start at 7pm Friday and conclude at 2pm on Sunday. Book flights out after 6pm.
Jan 13-15, 2012
Waller High School
20950 Field Store Rd
Waller Texas 77484
Feb 24-26, 2012
Waller High School
20950 Field Store Rd
Waller Texas 77484
Mar 16-18, 2012
Waller High School
20950 Field Store Rd
Waller Texas 77484