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Boy Scouts join Hawaii Foodbank for 6th Annual Canstruction!
BOY SCOUTS JOIN HAWAII FOODBANK TO INAUGURATE
SCOUTING FOR FOOD DRIVE AT SIXTH ANNUAL CANSTRUCTION®
-- Oahu’s scouts will deliver canned foods to Pearlridge Centeron Oct. 1 during annual Canstruction® display --
Honolulu, HI (Aug. 16, 2011) – The Aloha Council Boy Scouts of America has joined with the Hawaii Foodbank to develop the Scouting for Food program in conjunction with AIA Honolulu’s Sixth Annual Canstruction® competition at Pearlridge Center.
Scouts who collect at least 100 cans to donate to the Foodbank will receive the inaugural Scouting for Food patch.
The Hawaii Foodbank will accept the Scouts’ canned food donations on Saturday, Oct. 1 between noon and 3 p.m. where the Canstruction® structures will be on display in Pearlridge’s Uptown Center Court.
The Boy Scouts’ donations will be immediately recorded by the Foodbank, and the scout will then use his cans to vote for his favorite of the Canstruction® structures. (During the course of the Canstruction® display, members of the public are encouraged to participate in the People’s Choice Food Drive by visiting Canstruction® and bringing canned food donations to Pearlridge to support Hawaii’s hungry families. The structure that receives the most votes from members of the public [one can equaling one vote] will be named People’s Choice Award winner.)
“With the Scouting for Food drive, the Aloha Council of Boy Scouts seeks to bring the enthusiasm of 19,000 scouts to help feed some of the 183,000 hungry in our community,” says architect Mary Bueche, volunteer chairperson for the Scouting for Food drive and den leader for Pack 326 in Pearl City. “The Boy Scouts had helped out with Canstruction® in previous years, so the Scouting for Food drive is the culmination of a number of years of partnership with AIA Honolulu and the Hawaii Foodbank.”
“We are excited about and thankful for the Scouting for Food drive and Canstruction®, which will make a huge contribution to feeding Hawaii’s hungry,” says Polly Kauahi, director of development for the Hawaii Foodbank. “Canned goods are in great demand at the foodbank; we ran out of canned foods twice this year already.”
About Canstruction
This year’s Sixth Annual Canstruction® build will take place on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pearlridge Center’s Uptown Center Court. The giant canned food structures will be on display until Sunday, Oct. 9, after which the food will be donated to the Hawaii Foodbank.
Canstruction® is the largest single-day promotion for the Hawaii Foodbank, donating nearly 180,000 pounds of highly nutritious and needed canned food in the past five years.
Canstruction® is a national community service program created by the Society for Design Administration on behalf of the design and construction industry. The American Institute of Architects (AIA), Honolulu Chapter presents the annual Canstruction® competition in Hawaii. Canstruction® is also sponsored by Pearlridge Center, C & S Wholesale Grocers and HONBLUE.
For more information on the Scouting for Food drive, please contact Angela Marshall at 595.6366, ext. 229 or email angela.marshall@scouting.org. More information may also be found at alohacouncilbsa.org.
Serving 19,000 youth between seven and 20 years of age throughout the Pacific, the Aloha Council Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation’s foremost youth programs of character development and values-based leadership training. For over 100 years, the Aloha Council has made an extraordinary difference in the lives of our community members through goodwill and lending a helping hand.
The Hawaii Foodbank is the only nonprofit 501©3 agency on Oahu that collects, warehouses and distributes mass quantities of both perishable and non-perishable food to help feed Hawaii’s hungry. Donated and purchased foods are distributed to 250 member agencies on Oahu and Kauai. Last year the Hawaii Foodbank distributed 11.3 million pounds of food, including 2.6 million pounds of fresh produce to those needing emergency food assistance in Hawaii. The Hawaii Foodbank is a certified member of Feeding America - the Nation’s Food Bank Network and a partner agency of Aloha United Way.
Since 1926, the AIA Honolulu has served its membership and the community by promoting design excellence in Hawaii"s built environment. Its continuing education programs promote leadership and professionalism among its membership of ~800 architects and allied building professionals, and educate the public about architecture and the value of quality design.
More information can be found at www.aiahonolulu.org.
