As artwork goes, some of the sculptures were amazing for the creative way way they utilized tins of food from store shelves.
As a supply of actual food, the fourth annual Canstruction Victoria event gave the Mustard Seed Street Church food bank a much-needed boost at a time of year that is traditionally quieter for donations.
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The roughly 37,200 cans donated were mostly used by the teams to build structures that in many cases illustrated colourful portrayals of hunger, gluttony and the food chain. On top of the 48,500 pounds of food collected and shipped off in 33 large bins to the Mustard Seed, about $2,400 in cash was donated.
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Allan Lingwood, past executive director of the food bank, said Canstruction Victoria represents the B次元官网网址渟ingle largest annual canned food donation we seeB次元官网网址� during the year.
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This yearB次元官网网址檚 teams included St. Michaels University School, Knappet Projects Inc., Sysco Victoria, Seafirst Insurance, two from Fairway Markets, Low Hammond Rowe Architects, Kinetic Construction Ltd., Farmer Construction Ltd. and Christine Lintott Architecture.
Canstruction is an international event staged in more than 160 cities worldwide. The Dahlia Society has done the Think Pink fundraiser for breast cancer research since 2005 in honour of MavrikosB次元官网网址檚 mother, Lynn. It took on Canstruction Victoria in 2014. For more information, visit .
