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Women's rugby club solicits 1,689 pounds of food donations

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The CMU Rebels Rugby team, along with the help of numerous other teams, companies, and families, tripled last year's donation and donated over 1680 lbs of canned goods to the Isabella Community Soup Kitchen on Apr. 12, 2016.

More than 1,600 pounds of canned food was delivered to the Isabella County Soup Kitchen by Central Michigan University’s women’s rugby club Tuesday.

The Rebels Rugby Club collected 1,689 pounds of canned food items during its four-team “Ruck the Mountain 10s” rugby tournament Saturday in Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

The donation is nearly triple the 560-pound donation from a year ago — the inaugural “Ruck the Mountain 10s.