ADVISORY/ CANSTRUCTION and Can Share, Two Events Which Will Benefit The Greater Boston Food Bank, to Open On October 22 At the Museum of Science, Boston.

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ADVISORY...for Monday - Friday (October 22 - November 9)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

125,000 Pounds of Food Expected to be Donated to Help

Feed the Hungry in Eastern Massachusetts 

WHAT: Twenty-two Boston-based design and construction firms will participate in
the 6th annual CANSTRUCTION event, a national community service project where
architects, engineers and students compete to design and build gigantic 800
cubic foot structures made out of canned food in an effort to construct a world
without hunger. The three-week event will be held in conjunction with Mayor
Menino's Can Share food drive, with all food from both events donated to The
Greater Boston Food Bank. It is expected that over 125,000 pounds of food will
be donated to The Food Bank, which is the equivalent of nearly 97,000 meals.
The wholesale value of this expected donation is $192,230. Beginning on Monday,
October 22, 2001 the public will be able to view the 22 canned-food sculptures
in the Exhibit Halls at the Museum of Science, Boston. On November 2, 3, and 4,
visitors can also donate cans of food at the Museum as part of Mayor Menino's
Can Share Food Drive and receive $4 off admission to the Museum's Exhibit
Halls. Corporate sponsors for this year's event are Prince Pasta and Peabody
Office Furniture. Prince has committed to donating one truckload, equivalent to
40,000 lbs., of pasta to CANSTRUCTION. -0-

WHEN:       Monday, October 22 - Friday, November 9, 2001

WHERE:      Museum of Science, Boston, MA

HIGHLIGHTS: Monday, October 22 at 10:30 am - Opening event for Can
            Share and CANSTRUCTION. Mayor Thomas Menino will help
            kick-off the event.

            Monday, October 29 at 5:30 pm - Awards presentation.

            Saturday, November 3 at 3:00 pm "Meet the Architects Day."
            Architects from prestigious firms will discuss their
            design concepts and give tours of the structures.

            Weekend of November 2-4 "Discount on admission with food
            donation." Visitors to the Museum of Science will receive
            a $4 discount on Exhibit Hall admission when they bring
            in a donation of any type of canned or boxed food, with
            the exception of baby food. Donated food will benefit the
            Can Share Food Drive for The Greater Boston Food Bank.