Participants in the 2014 Food Fight Challenge were awarded for their efforts to fight hunger with a meal of their own.
An awards luncheon was held Wednesday at Luna’s for the participants in the 2014 Corporate Food Fight challenge to benefit the Second Harvest Community Food Bank.
Winners in each category were presented with an award by Second Harvest Ex. Dir. Chad Higdon.
The food bank wrapped up the 2014 Corporate Food Fight Challenge on Sept. 30. The food bank said the event was designed to inspire corporations and businesses in the area to compete to see who could raise the most in food donations and funds. Funds were converted to pounds to contribute toward a company’s total, with each dollar of funds representing two pounds of food donated.
Second Harvest has tallied up the final counts on donations, and announced that among 11 competing companies, there were 81,609 pounds of food donated. This total far surpassed the goal of raising 60,000 pounds of food in this year’s food fight, which represents 46,000 meals provided to neighbors in need in the Second Harvest service area.
The Food Fight was divided into divisions based on the number of employees in each company. The winner of the Spoon category, with 1 to 25 employees, was Northwest Financial Services, who edged out their competition with 514 pounds of food donations.
In the Ladle division, in which participating companies have between 26 and 100 employees, Pepsi Beverage Company again reigned supreme among their competitors with 3,169 pounds of food donations.
The Soup division included companies with between 101 and 200 employees. Apple Market came out on top among their competitors with a total of 43,739 pounds of food donated. Apple Market is also a repeat winner in their category of Food Fight.
The Stock Pot division represents the largest companies entered into the Food Fight, with organizations with more than 201 employees competing for the title. The winner for 2014 is American Family Insurance with 21,306 pounds of food donated, a repeat performance in the Food Fight.
Participants in the 2014 Corporate Food Fight Challenge:
Northwest Financial Services
Will Woods State Farm
Riverbluff Architects (runner-up in the Spoon category)
Commerce Bank (runner-up in the Ladle category)
Pepsi Beverage Company
Omnium (runner-up in the Soup category)
Hillyard Companies
Apple Market
McDonalds
American Family Insurance
Altec (runner-up in the Stock Pot category)