After their tin towers come crashing down, students donate tens of thousands of cans they collect for Homecoming’s Tower of Cans competition to FISH Hospitality Pantries each year.
David Lovett, food supply director at FISH, estimated that donors dropped off 43,599 pounds of food at UT’s Public Recycling Drop-Off on Wednesday.
The annual Tower of Cans competition consists of a tower building competition and food donation collection event, according to Ashleigh Moyer, director of the Center for Student Engagement. She said the competition dates back nearly 20 years and historically brings in over 40,000 pounds of food, enough to prepare over 25,000 meals for Knoxville families. She added that this event is the “single biggest” collection event for FISH annually…