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Fasano Helps Pass Out Free Food To Drivers

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By CARL ORTH

The Suncoast News

Published: December 18, 2008

TRINITY - With families scraping to get by during a sour economy, many west Pasco County residents appreciated a helping hand during the holidays at the annual Farm Share food giveaway.

State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, stood for several hours in a drizzling rain on a cold Friday morning to help hand out turkeys and other food. Fasano, state Rep. John Legg, R-Port Richey, and Sheriff Bob White sponsored the drive-through event.

Drivers often flashed a smile as they received the free food. They heard Fasano's trademark salutation, "And God bless!" as they drove away.

More than 450 families benefited from the Farm Share program, Fasano said.

Long lines of cars snaked their way through the North Trinity Self Storage parking lot in the Center of Seven Springs shopping center on Little Road.

Many volunteers helped distribute the mounds of food or direct traffic, said Giovanni Casanova, a Fasano aide.

Helpers came from the sheriff's office, the Pasco County Explorer's program, New Port Richey Police Department, the Suncoast Epilepsy Association, and the Knights of Columbus Council 5869 in Port Richey. The Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse in New Port Richey donated the forklift and operator to unload the food.

Students and teachers from Chasco Elementary and Middle Schools donated canned goods and helped to distribute them at the event.

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