So dad had a truck and was agreeable to going to Delchamps every Thursday morning, around 7:30 a.m., to pick up the expired bread and anything else they were giving out and take it to Fairhaven.
As it turned out, there was so much of the bread and baked goods that he not only supplied Fairhaven, but since he had a sign painting shop in Slidell, he also took the extra items to the Slidell Christian Community Concern, where they were distributed to needy families.
So I would meet him at Delchamps each Thursday morning and help him move the dozen or so large cardboard boxes of bread and baked goods (pies, cakes, pastries) from the big freezer at Delchamps back door to the truck. Then around 8 a.m. he would head out to Fairhaven for the first drop off and then on to Slidell for the second delivery.
After we finished loading, I would then go to work at the St. Tammany Farmer newspaper office, hoping he would make the trip okay. He was using a very old Isuzu pick up truck loaded to the top with boxes, and he himself was in his mid-70's. But he did this every week for years, that is until Delchamps decided it could no longer give away the expired bread, but had to throw it all away in the garbage each week. Something to do with liability and insurance, I think.
