UA Wins Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama finished the 2019 Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger food drive by collecting 278,788 pounds of food.

The Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger food drive and the Beat Bama food drive have collected more than 3 million pounds of nonperishable food for needy families in Alabama. This year’s drive ran from Oct. 1 to Nov. 21. This year, Auburn University’s Beat Bama drive raised 229,361 pounds.

All food and money collected from the Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive will go to the West Alabama Food Bank. The food bank works with nine counties in West Alabama, serving a population of more than 315,000 residents.

More than 1,000 students volunteer annually at the West Alabama Food Bank, said Courtney Chapman Thomas, director of UA’s Center for Service and Leadership.

For more information, contact the Center for Service and Leadership at 205-348-2865, or go to beatauburnbeathunger.ua.edu.