Guild Mortgage in Kirkland continues to dominate the local competition in Hopelink’s March Can Drive competition, knocking off Hallmark Realty to advance to the final four this week.

Guild Mortgage brought in 764 pounds of food in the third week of the contest for a total so far of 2,266 pounds, and faces TONI&GUY Hairdressing Academy of Shoreline in Round 4, who aced out Jake’s Kirkland/Life is Good.

In the third week of the contest, defending champ Hancock’s Bakery of Redmond eliminated 180 Degrees Chiropractic and will go head-to-head with Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce in Round 4. The Redmond Chamber knocked out Redmond Athletic Club.

To ensure that businesses of all sizes are able to compete on a level playing field, the competition uses a unique scoring system: the total pounds of food donated by a business are divided by the total number of employees, resulting in a competitive “score.”

The eight businesses competing in week three collected a total of 3,685 pounds of food and $134 in cash, bringing the total for the campaign so far to 13,140 pounds and $2,011.

Hopelink’s third annual competition is patterned after the national spring college basketball tournament, matching businesses in weekly contests to see which one can bring in the most food. Teams are bracketed together in pairs and one winner from each 2-member bracket advances to the following week.

Businesses set to face off in the final four:

• Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce

• Guild Mortgage, Kirkland

• Hancock’s Bakery, Redmond

• TONI&GUY Hairdressing Academy, Shoreline