Uniondale, NY - November 9, 2015 - On October 29, the winners of Canstruction® Long Island 2015’s annual design competition were announced at its awards reception held at RXR Plaza in Uniondale. Eleven teams of architects, engineers, designers, contractors, vendors, students and community groups built massive structures made entirely of cans of food, which will be donated to The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network), Island Harvest Food Bank and Long Island Cares,iNC., The Harry Chapin Food Bank.
This year’s structures consisted of 41,553 cans, which translate into 25,993 meals to Long Islanders in need.
The winning structures for 2015 are:
Professional Teams:
Juror’s Favorite:
Structure Title: "These Are the Droids You Are Looking For"
Team Name: Rosenbaum Design Group
Total Cans: 3,636 cans
# Meals: 2,198 meals
Best Use of Labels:
Structure Title: "The Rainbow CANnection"
Team Name: Lines & Designs 3D/Long Island reSound
Total Cans: 4,837
# Meals: 3,332
Structural Ingenuity:
Structure Title: "Chasing Hunger to Extinction"
Team Name: H2M architects + engineers
Total Cans: 4,074
# Meals: 2,896
Most Cans and Best Meal:
Structure Title: "Don't Let Hunger DRAG ON"
Team Name: LKB Consulting Engineers
Total Cans: 7,343
# Meals: 3,239
Honorable Mention:
Structure Title: "Hunger is a Scary Issue"
Team Name: Spector Group
Total Cans: 4,144 cans
# Meals: 1,432 meals
Other Participating Professional Teams:
Structure Title: "Game Over for Hunger"
Team Name: John W. Baumgarten Architect, PC
Total Cans: 4,455
# Meals: 2,654
Structure Title: "Lift the Burden of Hunger"
Team Name: Nassau Community College Interior Design Students/Interior Design Society
Total Cans: 1,955 cans
# Meals: 2,256 meals
Student Teams:
Most CANtabulous (Juror’s Favorite):
Structure Title: "Food for ALL"
Team Name: Friends Academy
Total Cans: 3,300
# Meals: 2,271
Best CANcept (Best Use of Labels):
Structure Title: "Wave Hunger Goodbye"
Team Name: Chi's Martial Arts
Total Cans: 834
# Meals 354
Best CANfiguration (Structural Ingenuity):
Structure Title: "Give a Dam - End Hunger!"
Team Name: Temple Sinai of Roslyn Youth Group
Total Cans: 2,211 cans
# Meals: 1,709 meals
Most CANtastic (Best Meal):
Structure Title: "We CAN Fill Every Fridge"
Team Name: Sacred Heart Academy
Total Cans: 1,734 cans
# Meals: 1,260 meals
For nine years, Canstruction® LI’s annual design competition has raised over $425,000 to purchase and collectively donate over 330,000 cans of food representing more than 131,000 tons of food providing 213,000 meals for hungry Long Islanders. Of particular note, Jan Murray, who has designed all of the structures for Greenman-Pederson, Inc. and all of the Lines & Designs Teams has actually won in all of the awards categories for her designs over the years.
“We are overwhelmed by the creativity and sheer volume of cans collected to create these spectacular structures,” said Tracy Lobdell, Executive Director, Canstruction® Long Island. “The ingenuity displayed by the professional and student teams alike is a testament to their dedication to help fight hunger here on Long Island.”
The sculptures are on display to the public from October 30 through November 11 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission to the exhibit is a canned food donation(s), which will also serve as a vote for the “People’s Choice” award. For the duration of the exhibit, collection bins will be located next to each structure and visitors vote for the “People’s Choice” award winner by placing their food donation in the bin next to their favorite structure.
For more information about sponsoring Canstruction® Long Island, please visit www.canstructionli.org.
ABOUT CANSTRUCTION® LONG ISLAND
Canstruction®Long Island, Inc., a Long Island-based 501 (c)(3), is using ‘one can’ as a catalyst for change, ‘one can’ to represent the building blocks of these massive sculptures, ‘one can’ to prove that every act of kindness makes a difference. Through the generosity of volunteers, celebrity judges, and members of the community, Canstruction® competitions around the world have contributed millions of pounds of food to community food banks demonstrating that we can win the fight against hunger. Since 2007, the participants of Canstruction® Long Island have donated over 262,000 pounds of food and over $30,000 to help feed the hungry on Long Island. For more information go to here or email.