LSU beats Georgia in food drive

LSU beat Georgia twice last weekend — on the football field and in a food drive between the schools.


The University's Student Athletic Trainers Association blew out Georgia's Sports Medicine Club in its two-week "Can the Bulldogs" food drive competition.


The SATA gathered more than 7,000 pounds in dry food donations, eclipsing Georgia's Sports Medicine donations, which totaled about 800 pounds, said Erin Greenwich, kinesiology senior and SATA president.


The Athletic Training Student Association partnered with CHAMPS Life Skills program in the Academic Center for Student Athletes to gather food donations at athletic events and inside
the Cox Communications Academic Center, Greenwich said.


The association also recruited local high schools to gather donations. The high schools gathered more than 5,000 pounds in donations for the competition, Greenwich said.


The food gathered will be donated to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank. Greenwich said she wants to hold the competition on a yearly basis incorporating other sporting events to announce the winner because LSU doesn't play Georgia on a yearly basis.




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