Orange is the color of hunger awareness and for the month of September North Star Mall is taking part in the San Antonio Food Bank’s SA Goes Orange for Hunger campaign. They are hosting the 11th annual CANstruction® design/build competition that started today and runs until Sunday September 25, 2016. This competition is part of an international campaign to raise awareness and funds for hunger relief. With many in Southwest Texans at risk of going hungry the San Antonio Food Bank is the major supplier of food for the hungry in the area. (North Star Mall, 2016)

Sunday is build day, when ten teams representing the San Antonio chapters of The American Institute of Architects and the Society for Design Administration will be given twelve hours to assemble their sculptures using approximately 30,000 cans of food. Teams will include architects, engineers and contractors from Alamo Architects & Turner Construction, Open Studio Architecture & DBR Engineering Consultants and others as well as students from San Antonio College’s AIAS Chapter. On Monday September 12 the sculptures will be judged by industry professionals and special guests at the CANopener awards ceremony. Categories will include Structural Ingenuity, Best Use of Labels, Best Meal, Juror’s Favorite, Best Use of the Color Orange and two Honorable Mentions. The sculptures will remain on display until September 25 and then donated to the San Antonio Food Bank at the end of the competition. In the last ten years, the competition has donated more than 425,000 pounds of food for families in need.

North Star Mall
744 San Pedro Ave
San Antonio, TX 78216
(210) 340-6627