{"id":634166,"date":"2026-10-18T08:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T08:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/634166\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T08:14:18","slug":"17th-annual-canstruction-rochester-design-build-competition-kicks-off-at-the-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/634166\/","title":{"rendered":"17th annual Canstruction Rochester design-build competition kicks off at The Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rochester, N.Y. \u2014 The 17th annual Canstruction Rochester design-build competition has kicked off at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museumofplay.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Strong National Museum of Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven local teams are set to design and build massive sculptures constructed entirely from canned food.<\/p>\n<p>The sculptures will be on display at The Strong through October 31, where visitors can vote for their favorite in this year\u2019s People\u2019s Choice Award.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme, \u201cOh, the Places You CAN Go,\u201d showcases children\u2019s book-inspired creations such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Winnie the Pooh, The Little Engine That Could, and more.<\/p>\n<p>After the event, all canned goods are donated to help feed those in need across the community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The best part at the end of the day is giving back to charity,&#8221; said Kevin Pickhardt. &#8220;We do a lot for the company, we do a lot for each other, but it&#8217;s just a little bit different when you&#8217;re doing something for the community, and especially this time of year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canstructionrochester.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/canstruction-is-underway-at-the-strong-national-museum-of-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Canstruction is underway at The Strong National Museum of Play<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/rochesters-canstruction-event-kicks-off-blending-art-with-charity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Canstruction kicks off at Strong Museum, blending art with charity<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/newsletter-daily\/local-businesses-build-can-sculptures-at-strong-museum-to-combat-hunger-in-rochester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Local businesses build can sculptures at Strong Museum to combat hunger in Rochester<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rochester, N.Y. \u2014 The 17th annual Canstruction Rochester design-build competition has kicked off at The Strong National Museum&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-634166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}