Six Redmond teams advance in week one of Hopelink Can Madness

Six Redmond businesses have advanced to round two of Hopelink’s Can Madness competitive food drive to help stock the agency’s five food banks:

Six Redmond businesses have advanced to round two of Hopelink’s Can Madness competitive food drive to help stock the agency’s five food banks:

• 180 degrees Chiropractic

• Hancock’s Bakery

• JJ Mahoney’s Pub

• Magellan Architects

• Precision Electric Group, Inc.

• Roos Orthodontics This week, 180 Degrees Chiropractic will take on three-time champion Hancock’s Bakery, JJ Mahoney’s Pub will face off against Lil ‘People’s World of Bellevue, Magellan Architects will compete against Roos Orthodontics, and Precision Electric Group will go head-to-head with Toni&Guy Hairdressing Academy in Shoreline. Twelve businesses remain in the fourth annual drive to stock Hopelink’s food banks.

The drive is patterned after the famous national spring college basketball tournament, matching businesses in weekly competitions to see which one can bring in the most food. Each week, the winning business in every bracket will advance to the following week.

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.”

Teams are bracketed together in pairs and one winner from each two-member bracket advances to the following week.