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Country 95.5 & All Hits B93.3's 'Driving Food for Hunger' sculpture (Photo courtesy Danielle McIntyre)

CANstruction event closing public viewing early due to COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 26, 2020 | 12:55 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – CANstruction public viewing has had to end early.

Teams joined together to build unique structures out of canned foods to support local food banks. Among the sponsors were Today’s County 95.5 FM, All Hits B93.3 and Associated Engineering.

Save-On-Foods, Talbera International Technologies Ltd., Ferrari Westwood Babits Architects and Centre Village Mall provided additional assistance.

The event had to close public viewings earlier than planned due to the temporary closure of Centre Village Mall, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The sculptures are being disassembled and all food will be donated to the Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge, the Lethbridge Food Bank and Lethbridge College Food Bank.

“While it’s unfortunate the public was not able to take full advantage of the opportunity to view the structured for the entire time this year, we are very grateful to the teams that put time, effort and sources into building these amazing pieces of art,” said Maral Kiani Tari of the Lethbridge Food Bank, in a release.

Danielle McIntyre with Interfaith said, “we’re so proud of this community effort and the creativity of the teams this year.”

The sculptures get evaluated by a panel of judges in a number of categories, including People’s Choice. Unfortunately, due to the early end of the event, winner announcements will be delayed until after the community recovers from COVID-19.

“We look forward to the announcement from the CANstruction Committee later this year as to the winners, but have posted photos of each structure on our social media sites to celebrate their support of local food banks,” McIntyre said.

Photos of the sculptures can also be viewed below. All photos have been provided by Danielle McIntyre.

(Photo courtesy Danielle McIntyre)
(Photo courtesy Danielle McIntyre)
(Photo courtesy Danielle McIntyre)
(Photo courtesy Danielle McIntyre)
(Photo courtesy Danielle McIntyre)
(Photo courtesy Danielle McIntyre)