25th annual Can the Griz food drive launches Nov. 9 [Video]

BOZEMAN – The annual Can the Griz food drive, a friendly off-field competition between Montana State University and the University of Montana, will be collecting donations Nov. 9-23. The battle to see which school and community can collect the most donations for their local food bank is now in its 25th year.

“Can the Griz is the Gallatin Valley Food Bank’s biggest food drive of the year – the food and money raised in these two weeks will help keep the shelves stocked well into next year,” said Kim Cleary, community engagement program manager at the MSU Office of Student Engagement, which hosts the event.

The food drive begins Saturday, Nov. 9, and stops at the end of the first quarter of the annual Brawl of the Wild football game between MSU and UM on Saturday, Nov. 23, in Bobcat Stadium. The winner will be announced at the game, on the Can the Griz social media accounts and …