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Five Kirkland Businesses Reach March Can Madness Round II

Guild Mortgage collects the most food among Kirkland businesses participating in the first week of the drive to stock Hopelink's food banks.

Five Kirkland businesses have made it to the second round of ’s March Can Madness food drive competition to help stock the local service agency’s food banks.

In Week I of the contest, collected 450 pounds of food, followed by with 335 pounds and with 222 pounds. Eleven other Kirkland businesses brought in a combined total of 412 pounds, for a grand total of 1,419 pounds of food.

To ensure that businesses of all sizes are able to compete on a level playing field, the competition uses a unique scoring system:  the total pounds of food donated by a business are divided by the total number of employees, resulting in a competitive “score” – giving Sterling Savings Bank the lead in Kirkland with a score of 83.75, followed by Guild Mortgage at 75 and A Touch of Class Barbers at 70.

In last year’s March Can Madness competition, A Touch of Class Barbers finished second in the final to repeat champion Hancock’s Bakery of Redmond, but was knocked out in the first round this year by a very competitive Guild Mortgage team.

In Round II, Guild Mortgage will face off against Lake Washington Physical Therapy and Hallmark Realty will face Sterling Savings Bank. Jake's Kirkland/Life is Good will be matched with Chuck Olson Chevrolet Kia in Shoreline.

The 32 businesses competing in Round I collected a total of 4,935 pounds of food and $1,090 in cash.

Hopelink’s third annual competition is patterned after the national spring college basketball tournament, matching businesses in weekly contests to see which one can bring in the most food. Teams are bracketed together in pairs and one winner from each 2-member bracket advances to the following week.

Businesses set to face off in Round II of the competition:

  • Guild Mortgage, Kirkland
  • , Kirkland
  • LW Physical Therapy, Kirkland
  • Sterling Savings Bank, Kirkland
  • 180 Degrees Chiropractic, Redmond
  • Chuck Olson Chevrolet Kia, Shoreline
  • Falco Sult & Company, Redmond
  • Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce
  • Hancock's Bakery, Redmond
  • JJ Mahoney's Irish Pub, Redmond
  • Pacific Music, Redmond
  • Redmond Athletic Club
  • Roos Orthodontics, Redmond
  • Sterling Savings Bank, Shoreline
  • TONI&GUY Hairdressing Academy, Shoreline

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From a Hopelink press release.

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