CANstruction to Benefit Operation Food Search
Nine St. Louis teams to build structures at Saint Louis Science Center using only canned goods.
St. Louis, MO, June 07, 2019 --(PR.com)-- CANstruction®, a design/build charity competition, will feature nine teams from St. Louis area architectural and engineering firms who will design and build structures entirely out of cans. The structures will be built around the theme “Pollinators” on Sat., June 22 from noon to 4:30 p.m. at the Saint Louis Science Center located at 5050 Oakland Ave.
There is no fee to view the structures, which can be seen from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. through Sun., June 30, but donations of canned goods would be greatly appreciated. Hastings+Chivetta Architects is hosting the build, and all canned goods used to create the structures will be donated to Operation Food Search.
Awards are presented to teams based upon Structural Integrity, Best Use of Food Labels, Most Cans Used in Display, Best Original Design, Best Meal, and People’s Choice.
To vote for the People’s Choice award, guests can deposit pennies into the containers of their favorite structures between June 22 and June 29 with proceeds benefitting OFS. The theme is in conjunction with Pollinator week, celebrated June 17 through 23, which recognizes the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture in the U.S.
Founded in 1992, CANstruction is an international non-profit charity which distributes millions of pounds of food to local hunger relief organizations annually through its unique design/build competitions and special events. The events are held across North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
The mission of the Saint Louis Science Center is to ignite and sustain lifelong science and technology learning. Named a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate in 2016, the Saint Louis Science Center features more than 700 interactive exhibits, as well as a five-story OMNIMAX® Theater, Boeing Hall and the James S. McDonnell Planetarium.
Operation Food Search (OFS) is a hunger relief organization founded in 1981 that provides food and nutrition education. With a strategic focus aimed at ending childhood hunger, OFS empowers families with a range of programs and services proven to reduce food insecurity and increase access to healthy and affordable food. The agency helps feed more than 200,000 individuals on a monthly basis – one-third of which are children – through a network of 330 community partners in 31 Missouri and Illinois counties.
Operation Food Search is located at 1644 Lotsie Blvd. For more information, call (314) 726-5355.
There is no fee to view the structures, which can be seen from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. through Sun., June 30, but donations of canned goods would be greatly appreciated. Hastings+Chivetta Architects is hosting the build, and all canned goods used to create the structures will be donated to Operation Food Search.
Awards are presented to teams based upon Structural Integrity, Best Use of Food Labels, Most Cans Used in Display, Best Original Design, Best Meal, and People’s Choice.
To vote for the People’s Choice award, guests can deposit pennies into the containers of their favorite structures between June 22 and June 29 with proceeds benefitting OFS. The theme is in conjunction with Pollinator week, celebrated June 17 through 23, which recognizes the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture in the U.S.
Founded in 1992, CANstruction is an international non-profit charity which distributes millions of pounds of food to local hunger relief organizations annually through its unique design/build competitions and special events. The events are held across North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
The mission of the Saint Louis Science Center is to ignite and sustain lifelong science and technology learning. Named a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate in 2016, the Saint Louis Science Center features more than 700 interactive exhibits, as well as a five-story OMNIMAX® Theater, Boeing Hall and the James S. McDonnell Planetarium.
Operation Food Search (OFS) is a hunger relief organization founded in 1981 that provides food and nutrition education. With a strategic focus aimed at ending childhood hunger, OFS empowers families with a range of programs and services proven to reduce food insecurity and increase access to healthy and affordable food. The agency helps feed more than 200,000 individuals on a monthly basis – one-third of which are children – through a network of 330 community partners in 31 Missouri and Illinois counties.
Operation Food Search is located at 1644 Lotsie Blvd. For more information, call (314) 726-5355.
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Rochelle Brandvein
314-726-5355
www.operationfoodsearch.org
Rochelle Brandvein
314-726-5355
www.operationfoodsearch.org
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