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27th Annual Canstruction Competition with City Harvest at Brookfield Place

November 6, 2019 by Denise Courter

27th Annual Canstruction Competition with City Harvest at Brookfield Place

 

Brookfield Place is hosting the 27th Annual Canstruction competition featuring unique sculptures made from unopened cans of food. The Canstruction competition challenges more than 20 teams of architects, engineers, and contractors to build sculptures made entirely out of cans of food. The unique structures will be placed on display and later donated to City Harvest for distribution to those in need.

Canstruction® New York has donated over 2 million pounds of food to local food banks since 1993, and over 1.2 million pounds to City Harvest since 2006. Since 1992, Canstruction® has raised nearly 82 million pounds of food for hunger relief organizations around the world with its signature, trademarked CanArt.®

City Harvest, 5013 nonprofit, operates in New York City through food rescue and distribution, and education. Since 1982, City Harvest has rescued more than 500 million pounds of food for hungry New Yorkers.

FiDi Families Insiders: Visitors are encouraged to bring cans to donate to City Harvest at Brookfield Place.

Date: Thursday, November 7th – Thursday, November 21st

Time: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Location: 230 Vesey Street – Brookfield Place

Fee: Free

Age(s): All ages welcome

For more information visit their website HERE.

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Festival Of Thanks and Giving At Kidville

November 18, 2015 by Deirdre McAndrew

Festival Of Thanks and Giving At Kidville

Festival Of Thanks and Giving At Kidville. Come rockin’ railroad concert. There will also be gym time, an art table, and a jumpy castle. Don’t miss out on the yummy complimentary pizza and juice!

All month long Kidville will be collecting canned good donations for City Harvest. Please bring donation to the front desk during this event and the rest of November. 

Kidville offers classes for every kid. They offer a wide range of classes for babies, toddlers, and kids up to 5 years old. All classes are developed by early childhood development specialists. Classes include music, dance, gym, art, enrichment, and more.

City Harvest was found in 1982 and is dedicated to helping feed about 1.4 million New Yorkers facing hunger. City Harvest collects food from restaurants, grocers, bakeries, manufacturers, and farms, and deliver it free of charge to 500 communities. City Harvest takes a long-term approach to fighting hunger by partnering with residents, local organizations and businesses through Healthy Neighborhoods programs. 

City Harvest exists to end hunger in communities throughout NYC. They do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and innovative solutions.

Date: Friday, November 20th [Read more…] about Festival Of Thanks and Giving At Kidville

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Canstruction At Brookfield Place

November 4, 2015 by Deirdre McAndrew

Canstruction At Brookfield Place

 

Canstruction At Brookfield Place! It’s the season of giving, so why not make it entertaining with the collaboration of design and food. Come enjoy this annual design competition and a unique food charity. Canstruction challenges teams of architects, engineers, and contractors to build sculptures made out of unopened cans of food. These large scale structures are placed on display and later donated to City Harvest benefitting those in need.

The extraordinary staff of The Institute of Culinary Education will carryout several tastings and presentations with canned food throughout Canstruction. This event will be located right next to Hudson Eats, so take a peak and then grab something to eat with your family and friends. 

Chad Pagano, pastry and baking arts chef instructor will be demoing with canned pumpkin from 12p – 3- on Friday, November 6th.

Jenny McCoy, chef instructor at The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE), will be featured on Thursday, November 12th from 12p – 3p. She just published her first cookbook, serves as the co-chair of The Center for Advanced Pastry Studies at ICE, volunteers to help change school lunch programs throughout NYC, and is about to launch her online class series at Craftsy.com. Jenny also consults with small food producers and has appeared in many print and media outlets for her work as an authority in the baking and pastry industry.

Date: Thursday, November 5th – Monday, November 16th [Read more…] about Canstruction At Brookfield Place

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