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Northern Utah Food Truck Vandalized, Owners Asking For Public’s Support

Over the weekend, the World Famous Yum Yum food truck was vandalized in northern Utah. The owners of the Filipino truck are asking for the public’s support as Utah’s Philippines Independence Day nears.The owners of the truck posted photos of the vandalized truck on social media and said they feel hurt, but will not let this act of hatred stop them from sharing their culture. 

 

While the truck’s owners said they were too hurt to answer questions at this time, they asked for everyone's support by coming to Utah’s Philippines Independence Day Celebration on June 12. The celebration will be taking place at the International Peace Gardens in Salt Lake City. Attendance is free for all. 

Tyler Hewitt is the web/social media assistant at UPR. He writes stories every day, updates the website and manages the station's Twitter and Facebook pages. Tyler is a senior at Utah State University and is studying public relations, marketing, and psychology. He loves to write, listen to music, play video games, play tennis and hang out with his fiancé and cat, Juno. He is a great plant dad and recently started collecting vinyl records!