Photo: City vs. county food drive brings in 3,300 pounds of food
Published 10:48 am Monday, December 19, 2016
- Austin City Administrator Craig Clark and Mower County Coordinator Craig Oscarson pose for photo Friday while the city of Austin and Mower County employees tallied the food from their annual food drives at the Mower County Recycling Center. Photo provided
This year, the county collected a total of 1,809 pounds for a 7.09 pounds per employee average and the city collected 1,565pounds for a 10.50 pounds per employee average. Both the city and the county’s contributions were up this year. Over 24 years, the friendly competition has raised a total of 48,726 pounds of food for the Salvation Army.
