Alabama Collects 431,120 Pounds Of Food For Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger Drive

TUSCALOOSA, AL — University of Alabama students raised 431,120 pounds of food during the annual Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive, coming up well short of defeating rival Auburn in the friendly charity competition.

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The results were announced Friday at the West Alabama Food Bank, with the two schools collecting more than 1.4 million pounds of food during this year's competition.

“I’m really proud of how hard our executive team, directors and staff have worked this year to host campus events,” Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Kennedi Preston said. “It has been a joy to see members of the Tuscaloosa community come together to support such a worthwhile cause.”

Auburn’s Beat Bama food drive raised 980,928 pounds of food, which ran from Oct. 4 to Nov. 21.

All food and monetary donations collected during the Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive benefit the West Alabama Food Bank, which serves nine counties in West Alabama.

“We are all so grateful for the opportunity to work with the West Alabama Food Bank and to help support them over the next few months,” Preston said. “Donations will go to the purchasing of children’s secret meals, supplemental senior boxes and the 93 agencies that the food bank supports in West Alabama.”

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