Five Redmond teams among top eight in Hopelink Can Madness drive

Five Redmond teams top the field of the eight remaining competitors, following Round II of Hopelink’s 6th annual competitive food drive.

March 16, 2015 4:35 pm
Ken Crinklaw
Ken Crinklaw

Five Redmond teams top the field of the eight remaining competitors, following Round II of the 6th annual Hopelink Can Madness food drive competition.

The single-elimination competition continues through April 3.

Redmond teams moving on this week are:

Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Music Academy
Hancock’s Bakery
JJ Mahoney’s Irish Pub
Redmond Physical Therapy
Universal Avionics.

Also continuing in Round III are Kirkland teams Xtreme Consulting Group and Kirkland Physical Therapy, as well as TJ Maxx of Bellevue.

Last week, 16 teams brought in a total of 6,593 pounds of food and $1,258 in cash for Redmond-based Hopelink’s five local food banks, bringing the total so far to more than 14,000 pounds of food and more than $2,000 in cash.

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 advances to the following week. The winner will be announced April 3.