After collecting over 2500 canned goods, students, faculty and staff of UCA’s Learning Communities created their entry official entry into the CANstruction Challenge 2014 on Sunday, February 17.
Titled “Checkmate,” the official entry design was the vision of the Hughes Residential College. The design features canned goods constructed to resemble chess pieces, based on their preliminary concept, “The King.”
The CANstruction Challenge is a canned food drive in which local colleges, businesses and other entities collect canned goods and then build structures from the cans.
At UCA, each of the Residential and Commuter colleges created design prototypes using the donated canned goods. Their structures were then judged to determine which idea would represent UCA in the community-wide competition sponsored by 501Life magazine.
The cans will be deconstructed Monday, February 17 for distribution to area food banks.
Other local winners in the CANstruction Challenge include the following:
In the category of “Best representation of UCA values/ideals” the winner with 368 cans of dog and cat food going to the Conway Animal Shelter is Minton Commuter College in Main Hall.
In the category of “Most creative/Original,” the winner with 290 cans going to the St. Peter’s Food Pantry is EPIC Commuter College in Bear Hall.
In the category of “Most Cans” the winner with 805 cans going to Soul Food Cafe is STEM Residential College in Arkansas Hall.
EDGE Residential College in State Hall raised 251 cans for Bethlehem House and The Stars Residential College in Short/Denney rounds out the contest with 85 cans going to the Women’s Shelter.
A photograph of “Checkmate” will serve as the official entry for judging. It will be submitted by February 21.