Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Celtics New Owners Help to Kick-off Opening of Canstruction and Can Share, Annual Events Benefitting the Greater Boston Food Bank.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002 On Monday, October 28 at 2 p.m. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino Thomas Michael Menino (born December 27, 1942) is the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States and the city's first Italian-American mayor. Biography Born in Readville, a part of Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood, Menino was educated at Chamberlayne Junior College (AA, will help to kick off the 7th annual CANSTRUCTION(R) event at the Boston Design Center. CANSTRUCTION(R) is a national community service project that is trademarked and sponsored by the Society of Design Administration. Nineteen of Boston's leading design and construction firms will display their structures created entirely out of nonperishable food items. Some of the structures will include Sponge Bob Square Pants, Bert & Ernie, Frankenstein, the Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty great symbolic structure in New York harbor. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : America Statue of Liberty perhaps the most famous monument to independence. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : Freedom and a tribute to the Boston Celtics all made from cans and packages of food. In honor of the Celtics sculpture, being designed by Tappe Associates, Wycliffe (Wyc) Grousbeck, one of the new owners of the team, pending approval, will be at the event. CANSTRUCTION(R) is held in conjunction with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino's Can Share food drive, which will run through November 19th. All food from both events will be donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. to The Greater Boston Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston, Massachusetts. While Metro Boston tends to be the "Inner Core" surrounding the City of Boston, Greater Boston overlaps the North and South Shores, as well as the MetroWest region. Food Bank. It is expected that over 90,000 pounds of food will be donated as a result of these efforts, which is the equivalent of nearly 70,000 meals. The wholesale value of this expected donation is $135,000. Beginning on Monday,October 28 and running through Friday, November 8th, the public will be able to view canned-food sculptures at The Boston Design Center, South Station and the Museum of Science, Boston The Museum of Science (MoS) is a Boston, Massachusetts landmark, located in Science Park, a plot of land spanning the Charles River. Along with over 500 interactive exhibits, the Museum features a number of live presentations throughout the building everyday, along with . Prince Pasta is the corporate sponsor for this year's event.
OPENING EVENT: Monday, October 28, 2002
2:00 p.m.
Lobby of The Boston Design Center,
One Design Center Place
CANSTRUCTION(R) CANSTRUCTION(R) is trademarked event organized by the Society of Design Administration who partners at the local level with chapters of the American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA and other professional allied organizations to produce the competitions. For more information, log on to www.canstruction.org. BOSTON CAN SHARE FOOD DRIVE Can Share, now in its 16th year, is the annual food drive sponsored by Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Hunger, Federal Express, Project Bread, and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval . For additional information on Can Share, visit www.bostoncanshare.com. THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK The Greater Boston Food Bank is New England's largest hunger relief organization, annually distributing over 18 million pounds of food, which is the equivalent of almost 14 million meals. For additional infor-mation about The Greater Boston Food Bank visit their web site at www.gbfb.org or call 617-427-5200. |
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