Six Kirkland businesses are among a full slate of 32 local teams competing in Hopelink’s sixth annual Can Madness competitive food drive to help stock the agency’s five food banks. The first weigh-in will take place March 6 and the competition will continue until the winner is named April 3.
The drive is patterned after the national spring college basketball tournament, matching businesses in weekly competitions to see which can bring in the most food. Teams are bracketed together in pairs and one winner from each two-member bracket will advance to the following week.
To ensure that businesses of all sizes are able to compete on a level playing field, the competition uses a unique scoring system that divides the number of pounds of food collected each Friday by a denominator that reflects the size of the business.
The drive offers a way for local businesses to help bolster Hopelink food banks during the time when holiday donations traditionally taper off. Last year, 32 businesses in Redmond, Kirkland, Bellevue and Shoreline collected nearly 30,000 pounds of food and almost $3,000 in cash during the five-week, single-elimination tournament.
Hopelink Can Madness 2015 participants:
Kirkland
A Touch of Class Barbers
Ben & Jerry’s
CSA Group
Desert Sun – Juanita
Lake Washington Physical Therapy
Xtreme Consulting
Redmond
180 Degrees Chiropractic
CrossFit Fuse
Dace’s Rock n’ More Music Academy
Falco Sult and Company
Flying Saucer Pizza
Hancock’s Bakery
Home Team Real Estate
JJ Mahoney’s
Kumon Math & Reading Center
McDonald’s Book Exchange
Minuteman Press
Redmond Physical Therapy
Redmond Rotary Foundation
Super Jock n’ Jill
Universal Avionics
VCA Redmond Animal Hospital
Windermere Real Estate
Bellevue
AvalonBay Communities
Crunch Fitness
Massage Center of Bellevue
Meydenbauer Center
TJ Maxx
Renton
Farmers Insurance
Seattle
Magnum Self Storage
OAC Services
Shoreline
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy
