Montana State University's Can the Griz food drive collects more than 219,000 pounds of food, $370,000 for local families

Montana State University and Gallatin Valley communities donated the equivalent of 1,467,069 pounds of food this holiday season to the Gallatin Valley Food Bank and MSU's Bounty of the Bridgers food pantry as part of the 24th annual Can the Griz food drive.

Can the Griz - and the corresponding Can the Cats food drive in Missoula - is an off-field competition between MSU and the University of Montana to see which school can collect the most donations for its local food bank. This year, UM and the Missoula community won the contest.

MSU and the Bozeman community donated 219,696 pounds of food an...