FORT WAYNE — History was made this year as six local colleges and universities raised a record-breaking 57,263 pounds of food in an event known as “U Can Crush Hunger.”

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The collective efforts of Huntington University, Indiana Tech, Ivy Tech, Manchester University, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and the University of Saint Francis pushed totals beyond the 50,000-pound goal in the final week of the campaign, according to a news release from Community Harvest Food Bank.

The food drive wrapped up Nov. 5.  The final weigh-in standings are as follows:

The University of St. Francis 20,529 pounds

• Manchester University with 17,773 pounds
• Indiana Tech with 11,652 pounds
• Huntington University with 3,842 pounds
• Purdue Fort Wayne with 3,098 pounds
• Ivy Tech with 370 pounds

This year’s campaign was sponsored by Two Men and a Truck Fort Wayne, Planet Fitness of Fort Wayne, and First Federal Bank.