UA Collects More Than Half A Million Pounds Of Food For Beat Auburn, Beat Hunger Drive

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The University of Alabama once again took home the win for the Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive, with students collecting a record-breaking 565,983 pounds of food for the West Alabama Food Bank.

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The annual food drive marked the 29th year of competition between the two schools.

Auburn finished with 516,611 pounds of food collected for the friendly competition, which also topped it previous school record of 319,437 pounds raised in 2021 when Auburn won the competition.

“Food insecurity is not an issue that can be solved by one person overnight — it takes the constant commitment of fellow neighbors advocating for and supporting those in need,” Beat Auburn Beat Hunger team leader Kate Graziano said.

The results were announced Friday morning as the two schools collected more than a million pounds of food.

Food and money collected during the food drive that ran Sept. 17 to Nov. 17 will benefit the West Alabama Food Bank, which serves nine counties in West Alabama.

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