Bernard Duhon throws as many 10 pound bags of rice into the cart as he can. Looking on are Robie’s employee Jennifer Meaux and Chris Duhon, president of the Rotary Club.
Bernard Duhon was able to pick up $287 worth of groceries in a two-minute span at Robie's on Thursday morning. The groceries he picked up will be donated to the Christian Service Center in Abbeville. Also in the photo are Robies Manager Chris Richard, employee Jennifer Meaux, Bernard Duhon and Rotary President Chris Duhon.
Doing a great deed: Abbeville attorney donates items he grabbed in grocery-dash to the Christian Service Center
Bernard Duhon is in decent shape, but when it comes to having to throw 10-pound bags of rice into a shopping cart in under two minutes, it was challenging.
Duhon, an Abbeville attorney, won the Abbeville Rotary Club drawing that allowed him to shop for two minutes at Robie's Food Center in Abbeville.
The idea is to grab as many items as possible and throw them into the basket in two minutes.
Duhon accepted the challenge, but he did it somewhat differently. Instead of running through the isles for food for himself and his wife, he decided he was going for items that will benefit the Christian Service Center in Abbeville.
So, before Wednesday morning arrived, he called Marcelo Davis, who runs the Christian Service Center, and requested a list of food items that would benefit the Christian Service Center.
He typed it out and then memorized it before he took off.
He grabbed large bags of rice, spaghetti, big bottles of peanut butter and jelly and jars of gravy.
Bernard will donate the items to the Christian Service Center Food Pantry.
The items totaled $187, and the Rotary Club was also donating $100 worth of meat to the Christian Service Center, bringing the total to $287.
“Why not donate?” Bernard said when asked why he donated the food items. “I have plenty of food at my house. The Rotary Club has helped the Christian Service Center before.”