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\"Canned<\/a><\/p>\n

A week before Thanksgiving, California Baptist University Athletics teamed up to brighten the holidays of community families and children with their fifth annual canned food drive.<\/p>\n

The Lancers collected a record 6,383 cans to be donated to A Foundation for Kids, a nonprofit organization based in Riverside. The charity is dedicated to supporting children’s agencies and youth organizations that serve abused and at-risk children in Southern California, with a focus on Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange County and Los Angeles. On average, each CBU athlete donated 14.5 cans with each program competing for top honors.<\/p>\n

“I am very proud of our athletes for coming together for the community,” CBU Director of Athletics Dr. Micah Parker said. “It is always great to see them rally around a good cause, and it’s even more special when they are doing so in record fashion.”<\/p>\n

With the record-setting output, CBU collected more than 1,000 cans than it did from 2013, which fell right under the 5,000 mark.<\/p>\n

CBU cheer won the competition between the Lancer programs for highest average of cans donated per athlete with a whopping 45 resulting in 2,264 total cans to earn bragging rights on the women’s side for the third year in a row. Swim\/dive and soccer took second and third, respectively, among the women. Men’s volleyball was victorious on the other end, with the team averaging 28 cans per person for a total of 533 cans. Baseball and golf took second and third, respectively, for the Lancer men.<\/p>\n

“This is always a really fun event,” Parker said. “Hopefully, we keep on setting new records.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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