I Dish Out the Food Your Supermarket Can’t Use
My Neighbors Were Going Hungry, So I Got My Local Trader Joe’s to Donate Carloads of Groceries
In the spring of 2009, my teenage daughter and I attended a memorial service in Pasadena, California, followed by a family-style luncheon. After the service, the retired clergyman who had officiated was holding a plate in one hand and arranging leftovers onto it. The plate was teetering on the edge of the very full table; I walked over and asked if I could help.
I assumed he was preparing food for the family to eat later in the day. Instead, he told me the sandwiches were going to nearby apartments of …