Randolph Leads the Way with Over 8,000 Items Donated

SALEM, Va. --- The Old Dominion Athletic Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (ODAC SAAC) recently completed its fourth-annual conference wide canned food drive.  The canned food drive took place over the course of the spring semester and concluded late last month.

The drive was a huge success with the conference SAACs working to collect food items for local food pantries and shelters across Virginia and North Carolina. The league accumulated 16,323 items that were donated late last month.  This year's total bested last year's mark of 15,845 cans.

Each campus SAAC kept count to determine which school had the most successful food drive. Randolph College easily won the contest for the second year in a row by doubling its count from last year and collecting 8,534 total items.  Washington and Lee University finished in second with 2,175 items donated followed by Sweet Briar College with 1,271 items.

A list of the food pantries and organizations that benefited from the ODAC SAAC's donations can be found below:

Ashland Christian Emergency Services
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
Campus Kitchens
Farmville Food Bank
Greensboro Urban Ministry and Food Assistance, Inc.
Lynchburg Area Food Bank
Patchwork Pantry - Harrisonburg, Va.
Rockbridge Area Relief Association
Salem Food Pantry