Shoreline Businesses Collect 1,895 Pounds of Food in Week I of March Can Madness Drive

Three Shoreline businesses remain in the competition after the first round of Hopelink’s March Can Madness competitive food drive to help stock the agency’s food banks.  The single-elimination competition continues through March 30.

In week one of the contest, collected 801 pounds of food, followed by , with 668 pounds. Sterling Savings Bank collected 386 pounds, and brought in 40 pounds.

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” – giving Sterling Savings Bank the lead in Shoreline with a score of 96.5, followed by TONI&GUY Hairdressing Academy at 80.1.

In Round II, Sterling Savings Bank will face off against TONI&GUY Hairdressing Academy, while Chuck Olson Chevrolet Kia will take on Jake's Kirkland/Life is Good.

The 32 businesses competing in Round I collected a total of 4,935 pounds of food and $1,090 in cash.

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 Round II of the competition are: 

• ·         180 Degrees Chiropractic, Redmond
• ·         Chuck Olson Chevrolet Kia, Shoreline
• ·         Falco Sult & Company, Redmond
• ·         Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce
• ·         Guild Mortgage, Kirkland
• ·         Hallmark Realty, Kirkland
• ·         Hancock's Bakery, Redmond
• ·         Jake's Kirkland/Life is Good
• ·         JJ Mahoney's Irish Pub, Redmond
• ·         Lake WA Physical Therapy, Kirkland
• ·         Pacific Music, Redmond
• ·         Redmond Athletic Club
• ·         Roos Orthodontics, Redmond
• ·         Sterling Savings Bank, Kirkland
• ·         Sterling Savings Bank, Shoreline
• ·         TONI&GUY Hairdressing Academy, Shoreline

 Source: Hopelink.