Photos: Second annual "CANstruction" competition and food drive
The second annual “CANstruction” competition and food drive takes place outside of Cadden Community Management on Friday afternoon.
The “CANstruction” competition partners with low-income and Title 1 schools across Arizona. Students in the Pappas Kids Schoolhouse Foundation serve as judges of the canned-food structures.
Geoff Obral, the training and development manager at Cadden organizes a cluster of blue cans while assembling a Mario Kart race track during the 2nd annual “CANstruction” competition and food drive at Cadden Community Management, 5225 West Massingale Road, Tucson, Ariz., April 26, 2024. The “CANstruction” competition partners with low-income and Title 1 schools across Arizona. Students in the Pappas Kids Schoolhouse Foundation serve as judges of the canned-food structures.
Jesenya Whitley, middle, and Jack Embrize, right, cheer on their fellow Imago Dei middle school classmate as he races an RC car around the Mario Kart track built by Cadden Community Management group for the 2nd annual “CANstruction” competition and food drive, 5225 West Massingale Road, Tucson, Ariz., April 26, 2024. The “CANstruction” competition partners with low-income and Title 1 schools across Arizona. Students in the Pappas Kids Schoolhouse Foundation serve as judges of the canned-food structures.
Cadden Community Management group builds a Mario Kart race track for the 2nd annual “CANstruction” competition and food drive, 5225 West Massingale Road, Tucson, Ariz., April 26, 2024.
Canned foods donated as part of the “CANstruction” event benefit the Pappas Kids Schoolhouse Foundation, 5225 West Massingale Road, Tucson, Ariz., April 26, 2024. The Pappas Kids Schoolhouse Foundation is a Coolidge-based non-profit organization that supports low-income, homeless and at-risk children and their families.
Theresa Laubenthal, a litigation paralegal at CHDB Law Firm carefully places blue cans on her structure during the 2nd annual “CANstruction” competition and food drive, 5225 West Massingale Road, Tucson, Ariz., April 26, 2024. CHDB Law Firm created a large University of Arizona “A” out of cans. The “CANstruction” competition partners with low-income and Title 1 schools across Arizona. Students in the Pappas Kids Schoolhouse Foundation serve as judges of the canned-food structures.
CHDB Law Firm creates a large University of Arizona “A” out of cans for the “CANstruction” competition and food drive, 5225 West Massingale Road, Tucson, Ariz., April 26, 2024.
Imago Dei middle schoolers cheer loudly before visiting the ice cream truck during the 2nd annual “CANstruction” competition and food drive, 5225 West Massingale Road, Tucson, Ariz., April 26, 2024.
A large green and yellow colored lizard is built during the 2nd annual “CANstruction” competition and food drive, 5225 West Massingale Road, Tucson, Ariz., April 26, 2024.
Students in the Pappas Kids Schoolhouse Foundation serve as judges of the canned-food structures for the “CANstruction” competition, 5225 West Massingale Road, Tucson, Ariz., April 26, 2024.
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