Canned Food Sculptures Help Earn Service Award
Canstruction, an annual event, encourages the public to donate to local food banks.
Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 6/5/2006 12:00:00 AM
For her aid in the fight against hunger, an associate at architecture firm Butler Rogers Baskett will receive the 2006 Public Service Award from the New York Chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services. Cheri Melillo is recognized for her significant achievements as volunteer president and executive director of Canstruction, a national charity conceived by Melillo for the Society for Design Administration (SDA).
The building blocks of Canstruction? Canned food. Each year hundreds of teams, directed by architects and engineers, design giant canned food sculptures. The exhibits created for the annual charity event are displayed in cities across the continent.
To catch a glimpse of the sculptures, the public is invited to donate food to local banks. The food is then distributed to local pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, elderly and day care centers.
Influenced by events held in the Denver and Seattle Chapters of the SDA, Canstruction began in 1993 as a joint project for the SDA and the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Now the design and construction industry event receives world wide media coverage.
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