Come watch creativity merge with philanthropy at the Montana Food Bank Network's Second Annual CANstruction® Competition! With eight teams competing to win in the categories of Structural Integrity, Best Use of Labels, Best of Show-Judges Choice, and People's Choice, this year's event is sure to be a blast!

What is CANstruction®?  A foundation of the Society for Design Administration, CANstruction® is a design/build competition currently held in citities throughout North America.  Teams of architects, engineers, students and folks from numerous organizations come together to build large structures made entirely from full cans of food. It takes months of fundraising and planning and thousands of cans of food to create a structure!  At the end of the event, all of the cans are donated to the Montana Food Bank Network for distribution to our partner agencies state-wide. Missoula's first event was held July 2009, with four teams and four amazing structures. As a result of the event, over 15,000 lbs of food was donated by the teams to the Montana Food Bank Network.

The Second Annual CANstruction® event will take place at the Southgate Mall in Missoula, adjacent to the fountain near Sears. If you are in the area, please stop by and watch as piles of canned goods are transformed into magnificent structures. Everyone is invited to donate to vote for their favorite structure. At a time when nearly one in three Montanans are considered at risk of hunger, there has never been a more important time to show your support. Help us raise the awareness of hunger in Montana by stopping by!

Please join us anytime during the event!

Schedule:

The Build: Friday, April 9th 1:00pm-7:00pm
Awards Ceremony: Saturday, April 10th 3:00pm
Public Viewing: Friday April 9th - Wednesday April 14th

Teams:

The Good Food Store and Encompass Designs
UM student group Circle K and OZ Architects
DirecTV and Inkstone Architecture
American Humanics Student Association and CTA
Gateway Community Federal Credit Union and Macarthur, Means, and Wells Architects
Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation
St Joseph 7th Grade and NC Designs

Please contact Tirzah for more information at tirzah@mfbn.org or 721-3825 x.252.  We look forward to seeing you there!