RENO, Nev.: In a handful of spots around Reno where homeless folks gather the old bus station, City Plaza, David Taylor Park, along the Truckee River free burritos are creating community.
The wraps sheathed in foil come courtesy of the Reno Burrito Project, a group founded by Blaize Abuntori, a graduate student in statistics and data science at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Abuntori, who hails from Northern Ghana, noticed homeless people in Reno and wanted to help. This past April, he spent 20 bucks on four burritos from Betos and handed them out.
I was a little bit sad I only had four, said Abuntori, who quickly realized each burrito would cost less and there would be more to distribute if he made them from scratch. He recruited four friends, and we rolled 15 burritos the next week. Thats how it started.
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