Vendy Awards

There was a street vendor festival on September 26th. This eventwas a competition of street food vendors in New York City. I took partin this event as a volunteer; I was able to eat delicious street vendor’sfood there.

Street vendors’ food prices are very reasonable, which is why I alwaysgo to vendor stands to have lunch. Many Americans also eat streetvendors’ food. This event, the Vendy Awards, is a festival for thesevendors.
I thought that the participants were very different from most vendors;they looked rich and educated. They could pay 80 dollars for the entry fee.On one hand, most vendors are mainly immigrants, poor, and can't speakgood English.The founder of this event, Sean Basinski, aimed to linkvendors, who lived harshly, with New York citizens. “Vendy Award is oneway to do that to put vendors in the limelight for one day and it'salso just a lot of fun.” He said.

All tickets were sold out. SVP could raise money through the festival.This year’s Vendy Awards was a success.