SOUTHWEST FLORIDA - How would you like to save 50 percent on the cost of produce, fruit and many meats? It's not a come-on or a hype, it's reality for local people trying to stretch those food dollars.

Tess Brennan, of San Carlos Park says, "It's awesome, spectacular! I save 50 to 60 percent."

She and her husband participate in the SHARE Florida Food Network, a Tampa-based operation that distributes food statewide.

She pays $18-dollars for a huge order of food that she picks up at a church in Cape Coral one Saturday a month.

"I wanted to stay at home with my daughter, now 14 months, and to do that, we had to cut the family budget. So we get food at the co-op and I can stay home and watch her grow," Brennan said of her daughter.

There is no income requirement for the co-op, but participants are required to do 2 hours of community service a month. That can include church work or any volunteer effort.

The SHARE Florida Food Network is sponsored by Cornerstone Family Ministries.

SHARE Florida Food Network:
Phone: (800) 536-3379 or local (813) 248-3379
Fax: (813) 248-1355
Email: shareinfo@shareflorida.org
Web: www.shareflorida.org