By Jennifer Wheeler
Darlene and David Allen have owned The Bread of Life Vitamin Shop in Belvidere for 19 years
The pair took a loan on the car and, by a stroke of luck, received a $20,000 investment from a family in their congregation.
The store certainly didn’t look perfect at first, but customers quickly picked up on the owners’ willingness to not only sell hard-to-get products but to educate them on the medicine. They listened to customers’ concerns patiently.
“In my day, doctors were much more than pill pushers. They sat down with the patient. They talked with the patient,” Darlene said. “That helped so much to put a person at ease and to show they care.”
The couple expects to move to Fort Collins, Colo., in early October to get some much-needed rest and relaxation. Darlene has been running the store solo since January when David suffered a heart attack.
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