Welcome to San Francisco Canstruction!
We are currently seeking a venue. If you know of a place that might be willing to host our second Canstruction event, please contact us. After the venue is in place, we will have a meeting for those who want to build. Hopefully soon...
San Francisco's first Canstruction was a huge success! Thank you, San Francisco! We raised more than 50,000 cans of food and nearly $20,000 for the local food bank. It was the largest single day can collection the San Francisco Food Bank has every had to pick up!
What is Canstruction? Well, it’s similar to a sand castle contest, but our sculptures are made of canned food. Teams of architects, engineers and contractors design huge structures. Then these giant, fantastic sculptures can be viewed by the public for several days afterward. When the exhibition is over, the structures get dismantled. All of the canned food and money raised go to feed The Hungry in San Francisco. 2011 We had 13 teams. Some were individual companies. Other were join ventures. Each team built a terrific structure in the theme: The Spirit of San Francisco. 2012 Is currently being planned. The theme will be The CANnes Film Festival. We hope to hold it in September. Right now, we need volunteers, both at the supervisory level and general helpers. If you're interested in entering the competition or volunteering, please get in touch with us..  |  |
Canstruction, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that holds annual design and build competitions to construct fantastic, giant sized, structures made entirely out of canned food. In each city after the structures are built and the winners declared the creations go on view to the general public as giant art exhibits. At the close of the competitions all of the food used in the structures is donated to the local food banks for distribution to community emergency feeding programs.
Our Vision: Wherever a Canstruction competition is held thousands of hungry people are fed, a greater awareness of the issues surrounding hunger is brought home to the public, and a spotlight is placed on the design and construction industry giving back to the communities it helps build. Who Donates Food? Architects, engineers, designers, contractors, students, and the local community come together to raise canned food to donate to local food banks each year. The viewing public is encouraged to bring cans of food to donate when they visit the exhibit. |  |
