This holiday season, Tri-Cities Canstruction is asking Fox Valley neighbors to give hunger a holiday. On Giving Tuesday, December 1. The region’s first Canstruction® event invites everyone to give to support their favorite team, designer or pantry, as teams turn thousands of cans into giant sculptures inspired by this year’s theme, “Harmony for Hunger.” After a five-day exhibit at Waubonsee Community College, February 19-23, 2027, every can goes to local the pantry chosen by each team.
Giving Tuesday gives the whole community a simple way to help: Every $10 “can” turns into five meals.
Eight teams are building for eight food pantries:
•Batavia Chamber of Commerce, with Kluber Architects + Engineers, building for Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry
•Geneva Chamber of Commerce, with Engineering Enterprises, Inc building for Northern Illinois Food Bank
•St. Charles Area Chamber of Commerce, with Batir Architecture and DeJames Builders for Salvation Army
•Rotary Club of Aurora United, with Powers Brown Architecture, building for Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry
•Mutual Ground, with Cordogan Clark, building for Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry
•Sidecar Supper Club, with Rebecca W. Allen, building for Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry
•Waubonsee Community College CAD Club, with Graef Engineering, building for The G.R.O.V.E.
•YouthBuild Elgin, with Ursula Morua of UM Design Group, building for Food for Greater Elgin
Interested persons can donate now or on Giving Tuesday, December 1, by visiting www.waubonsee.edu/canstruction.
—Tri-Cities Canstruction