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Food pantries across Wisconsin received the benefit of support from worldwide Packers fans on Tuesday as 28,000 cans were distributed as the bounty from an eighth consecutive win in the Campbell’s Chunky Soup’s “Click for Cans” online food drive.

Associated Bank, a Packers corporate partner, joined the effort and donated an additional 10,000 cans to the cause, augmenting the 18,000 that were garnered with the victory.

Packers players Korey Hall, Brad Jones and Brandon Underwood led the effort to load up 28,000 cans for the 29 Wisconsin area food pantries that were present at the Associated Bank Gate on Lambeau Field’s west side. Each pantry received about 1,000 cans. Approximately 335,000 people receive assistance from the pantries that received the soup.

Approximately 60 pantry representatives were on hand to take delivery of the food.

Festival Foods, another Packers partner, also assisted with the effort through supplying the extra soup obtained by Associated Bank for the distribution.