Get Ready for #UCanCrushHunger 2023! October 23 through November 10
Join local colleges and universities in the fight against hunger during the 9th annual U Can Crush Hunger campaign! Huntington University, Indiana Tech, Indiana University Fort Wayne, Ivy Tech, Manchester University, Purdue Fort Wayne, Trine University, and the University of Saint Francis return to this friendly food and fund drive competition to claim the traveling trophy. This event helps Community Harvest provide meals to thousands of northeast Indiana families during the holidays, and supports food pantries on college campuses for students struggling with food insecurity. Support your favorite school today!
The Final Results are In!
Community Harvest Food Bank’s 9th Annual U Can Crush Hunger Campaign final weigh-in results are in! Huntington University, Indiana Tech, Indiana University Fort Wayne, Ivy Tech, Manchester University, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Trine University, and the University of Saint Francis have accumulated a tremendous total amount of 121,391 pounds towards our 125,000 pound goal. This is a whopping 14,462 pounds more than was raised in 2022!
It was a very close competition and we want to thank each of the schools for their tremendous efforts! This is the first competition that has been won by Trine University. Congratulations to them and all of the competitors for making this another successful year!
The standings are as follows:
- 1st Place: Trine University with 31,400 pounds
- 2nd Place: Purdue University Fort Wayne with 27,814 pounds
- 3rd Place: University of Saint Francis with 24,498 pounds
- 4th Place: Indiana Tech with 13,661 pounds
- 5th Place: Ivy Tech with 8,664 pounds
- 6th Place: Huntington University with 5,581 pounds
- 7th Place: Indiana University Fort Wayne with 4,959 pounds
- 8th Place: Manchester University with 4,814 pounds
First Week Weigh-in Results!
Fort Wayne, Ind.: Community Harvest Food Bank’s 9th Annual U Can Crush Hunger Campaign mid weigh-in results are in! Huntington University, Indiana Tech, Indiana University Fort Wayne, Ivy Tech, Manchester University, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Trine University, and the University of Saint Francis have already accumulated a tremendous total amount of 52,718 pounds towards our 125,000 pound goal.
We are thrilled to announce the results of our first weigh-in. The competition is not over! Online voting will continue until November 10th at www.CHFB.org.
The standings are as follows:
- 1st Place: University of Saint Francis with 14,092 pounds
- 2nd Place: Purdue University Fort Wayne with 10,340 pounds
- 3rd Place: Indiana Tech with 9,136 pounds
- 4th Place: Ivy Tech with 4,607 pounds
- 5th Place: Indiana University Fort Wayne with 4,316 pounds
- 6th Place: Trine University with 3,814 pounds
- 7th Place: Huntington University with 3,458 pounds
- 8th Place: Manchester University with 2,956 pounds
This event is brought to you by our generous sponsors:
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Our goal this year is 125,000 pounds of food! Every dollar donated online provides 4 pounds, and the winning school will receive the traveling trophy. To donate to end hunger and support your school of choice, simply click on their image to visit their donate page. Thank you for your support in #UCanCrushHunger!
Previous Pounds Collected:
- 2022: 106,929 pounds
- 2021: 139,745 pounds
- 2020: 100,454 pounds
- 2019: 57,263 pounds
- 2018: 40,702 pounds
- 2017: 43,851 pounds
- 2016: 15,029 pounds
- 2015: 34,610 pounds
