Students build winning designs at Canstructure Competition
Posted: April 29, 2024
Creative uses of canned food showed off creativity and collected donations for local families as Newport News Public Schools students accomplished both at the Youth Volunteer Corps of Hampton Roads Annual Canstructure Competition April 27 at Patrick Henry Mall.
Canstructure is a benefit for the Foodbank of the Virginia Peninsula where teams of students collect and find innovative ways to use hundreds of cans of food to build a unique three-dimensional work of art. This year's theme was Connecting Worlds Through Literature.
All food was donated to the Foodbank upon completion of the competition.
An Achievable Dream Academy was the overall winner of the competition after collecting 4,000 cans, as well as receiving a new award as Grand Champion for its remarkable structure and presentation depicting various children's books.
For elementary schools, Richneck Elementary School was the winner with Hilton Elementary School honored as runner-up. Ella Fitzgerald Middle School was runner-up in the middle school category.
Warwick High School was the winner in the high school category with Menchville High School recognized as runner-up.
Elementary school teams constructed their canstructures at their respective schools and judges visited prior to Saturday to record each team's presentation. Middle and high school teams built their canstructures at Patrick Henry Mall with their innovation and creativity on display for community members to see happening in real time.
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