Friday, July 20, 2007

ContraCostaTimes.com - Barbero's philanthropy is not slowing down

ContraCostaTimes.com - Barbero's philanthropy is not slowing down: "Barbero's philanthropy is not slowing down
Contra Costa Times
Article Launched: 07/20/2007 03:11:57 AM PDT

EVERY EVENING at 9 o'clock, as the workers at Acme Bakery in Berkeley are getting ready to close down for the night, an 89-year-old man shows up at the front door.

His name is George Barbero, and he's there to pick up all the unsold breads they're about to throw away.

He puts them in shopping bags, and stuffs as many bags as he can into his 1995 Toyota Corolla. Then he begins his rounds for the night, delivering the breads to more than a dozen local churches and other organizations that feed the homeless."

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