What is SHARE?

The Self Help And Resource Exchange (SHARE) program is through the Catholic Charities and Community Services, here in Denver. Anyone can participate in this program regardless of their income level. The goal of SHARE is to help families save about 50% on their groceries, while encouraging the building of relationships with their neighbors in the community.

How does SHARE achieve this?

SHARE selects about twenty items that you're most likely to buy at the grocery store, including fresh fruits, vegetables, and frozen meats. Then through a national affiliate network, they purchase massive quantities of these items at very low prices. At no time do they ever accept donated food for distribution. Then through a network of volunteers at their warehouse and distribution centers known as "host sites", they deliver the food to these host sites where you pick up your order.

As a nonprofit organization, SHARE relies heavily on volunteers and passes on the huge savings by our reduced expense. Unlike a traditional grocery store, they don't maintain inventories, expensive stores, large employee bases, etc. They rely primarily on word of mouth advertising. Plus they're in it for you, not for the organization's profits.

Actually they encourage 2 hours of volunteerism for every participant. They consider volunteering anything from working at the host site or warehouse, to baby-sitting, to sharing a meal with a neighbor or friend. Virtually anything that you do for anyone not in your immediate family for free is volunteering. Most people find that they're already doing it without realizing it.

We have illustrated, below, a sample of some of the plans available, what they include, and their cost:

Sample of Classic Package Price: $25.00	Sample of Produce Package Price: $15.00
1 lb. shaved roast beef	3 pk. Romaine hearts
(4) 6 oz. bacon wrapped turkey filet mignon	1 lb. carrots
1 lb. extra lean ground beef	2 cucumbers
1 lb. lean ground turkey	1 zucchini
18 oz. Foster Farms southwest chicken breast strips	1 yellow squash
16 oz. sliced smoked honey deli ham	2 tomatoes
10 oz. frozen corn	5 lbs. potatoes
3 oz. chicken flavored ramen noodles	1 cantaloupe
3 pk. Romaine hearts	1 lb. red grapes
1 lb. carrots	5 plums
2 cucumbers	4 limes
1 zucchini	1 honeydew melon
1 yellow squash	2 grapefruit
1 cantaloupe
5 plums
2 grapefruit
Special packages and individual items are available each month. Contact Labor's Community Agency for prices.

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Catholic Charities & Community Services SHARE Colorado 9360 Federal Blvd. Denver, CO 80260 For more Information, call: (303) 428-0400 (800) 933-7427 (Outside Denver)

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