Filed under: Newspapers, America, Festivals What do you get when you combine hundreds of engineers, a charitable mindset and about a zillion aluminum cans? You get Canstruction. Each year, major cities across the U.S. raise awareness about hunger by hosting building competitions, which are then deconstructed and distributed to local food pantries and day care and senior centers. Since 1992, Canstruction has donated ten million pounds of canned food to organizations, and one hundred more com
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