Fresno City College’s Associate Student Government [ASG] brought Raw Fresno to the main fountain on Nov. 16 in order to raise funds for student services.

According to some members of ASG, the initial idea was to use their funds they raised for U-locks and for students who need help with their bus fare. However, the exact use of funds is not clear.

Raw Fresno is known for having gourmet raw/vegan food trucks which provides “prepackaged, organic, locally grown gourmet plant based meals, appetizers, entrees, desserts, fresh juice and smoothies using sustainable practices and honoring our constant connection to the earth,” according to information on Raw Fresno’s website.

ASG’s S.T.E.M [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] senator, Philip Dailey says the food truck that came on campus is known as Minerva.

“Everything we make is purchased local, it’s organic,” said Naomi Hendrix, founder and head chef of Raw Fresno.

“Being accessible is very important, unless we’re on campus students are unable to receive our abundance of delicious healthy choices,” Hendrix said.

Raw Fresno served vegan products, which was priced at $4 per plate, Ruby Ruiz, ASG veterans senator, said.

“Everything will be made organically such as kale caesar salad, caribbean tacos, sprouted microgreen salad, stuffed mushrooms, cashew queso, queso verde, crackers, happy tummy cheesecake, strawberry green smoothies, fresh juice, pad thai, winter kale salad with cranberry and zucchini noodles with basil,” Ruiz said.

“I think word of mouth people see that it’s delicious,” said Mark Nichols a Micro Computer Specialist in Technology Support System at FCC. “I think it’s a good option. A lot of people don’t see fresh, raw, organic natural food made and brought. A lot of things are fried food or highly processed foods, so I think this is a good change of pace.”

Although ASG did provide Raw Fresno onto campus, ASG’s goal is to be able to provide U-locks that students can check out to lock up their bikes said Dailey.

“This [the fundraiser] will be promoting safety on campus because the funds that we are raising will go towards buying U-locks and also possibly transportation for students who cannot afford transportation on the bus,” Ruiz said.

It has taken about a month to get everything approved and processed, Ruiz said.

“We [ASG] needed to get a signature from various deans and different important people on campus, such as one of our advisers Sean Henderson, director of student activities office and Cheryl Sullivan, vice president of administrative services,” Ruiz said.

According to Dailey, Raw Fresno raised about $620 was for ASG from the student meals.

“I think it’s all for a good cause it’s mainly to help students,” said Isiah Ledesma, a FCC student.