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Play With Your Food
Non-profit organizations are making a difference in child hunger through inspired creations.
Canstruction is art on a mission. Since 1992, the non-profit organization has been making artistic creations using non-perishable canned goods. In that time, they have delivered 82 million pounds of food to hunger relief organizations worldwide.
The sculptures made entirely of canned goods are donated by corporations and design industry professionals. They have turned their sculpture project into a competition stretching across 150 cities and 8 countries. All participants are volunteers drawing from the fields of architecture, engineering, contracting and construction. Tomorrow is the final judging, administered by a celebrity panel. Admission is free to view the sculptures. Visitors are encouraged to bring a can to donate as their price of admission.
Canstruction has partnered with City Harvest, New York’s largest food rescue organization. City Harvest is an incredible organization supporting food pantries and soup kitchens across the 5 boroughs. And in a city where 1 in 5 children face hunger as a problem on a daily basis, the need is…
