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27th Annual Canstruction Competition with City Harvest at Brookfield Place

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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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Think Possible Workshop: Presenting the Weather with Al Roker!

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Think Possible Workshop: Presenting the Weather with Al Roker!

Think Possible Workshop: Presenting the Weather with Al Roker! America’s favorite weatherman, Al Roker, will host the next “Think Possible” workshop! Al will share his expertise and the science behind his profession by leading participants in a first-ever workshop on presenting the weather and meteorology. The audience will also have the opportunity to interact with a green screen set-up and present the weather themselves!

The event will be the second of the “Think Possible” workshops, a series of community events led by a diverse group of influencers and thought leaders all dedicated to showcasing the power of a great education and raising awareness about the failing schools crisis.

Don’t Steal Possible is a grassroots movement focused on ending the education crisis that traps thousands of children in failing New York schools. The workshop aims to spark creative passions among New Yorkers and to support the right of all New York children to have access to great schools. 

Al Roker, host and weatherman of NBC’s Today Show, along with Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer, has the undivided attention of the nation (over 32 million viewers per week) every weekday morning as America prepares for work.

Spanning a 35-year plus career and a thirteen-time Emmy winner, Al conducts interviews with celebrities and newsmakers around the world and does a wide variety of segments on every imaginable subject. He is the host of NBC’s annual holiday network specials, such as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Christmas Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center, and The Rose Bowl Parade.

Date: Saturday, February 28th [Read more…] about Think Possible Workshop: Presenting the Weather with Al Roker!

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