| Why participate? |
| Canstruction® Long Island is a fabulous opportunity for professionals to network and build business relationships, for College students to meet and work with potential employers, and for K-12 students to fulfill their community service requirements, all while showing off your talent and creativity, having great fun and helping to feed the hungry on Long Island. |
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| Who can enter? |
| Participants can be members of Architectural, Engineering or Construction Firms and the vendor firms who support them, students at colleges with Architectural, Engineering or Construction Degree Programs, students in K-12 schools and members of community groups. |
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| What does it cost to enter? |
The entry fee for professional and collegiate teams is $250.
The entry fee for K-12 schools and community groups teams is $150.
Your entry fee includes official Team T-shirts for 5 team members, dinner for all participating team members on the night of the Buildout, and invitations for 5 team members and 2 firm principals to the Canstruction® Long Island Reception. |
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| We’re too small! How can we participate? |
| You can partner with another firm in the same situation to form a team. We've had multi-company teams in the past, and it's a GREAT way to develop a relationship with a firm that you may want to partner with for business opportunities. If you need help finding another firm to partner with, let us know - we may be able to put you in touch with just the right people!
In addition, every Team must have an architect or an engineer mentoring them so if you are an architect or engineer looking to participate on your own we can help partner you up with a college, K-12 or community group team.
If you are an individual wishing to participate we can also help to partner you up with a team that needs additional team members. |
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| How do we enter? |
| Visit our Enter a Team page, and complete the form. Indicate what type of Team you are, and if you need us to help you find a professional mentor, or additional team members. Pay the entry fee online with a credit card, or print the page and send it along with your check to the address on the form. |
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| We’ve entered a Team … what do we do first? |
| Decide upon a design for your structure so that you know what color and size cans you will need. Keep it simple! As you look at photos of past participant's structures, you'll see that the prize winners have been structures that are very intricate and involved as well as those that are very simple and elegant. Don't try to build the Taj Mahal for your first structure! Design your first structure with simplicity in mind, and you'll find that by the end of the event that you'll have come up with many more intricate designs for next year! |
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| How do we obtain cans and who pays for them? |
| Teams are responsible for obtaining all of the cans they will need to build their structure. Cans can be obtained by holding a food drive within your organization or school, approaching grocery stores or food distributorships and asking for can donations, and soliciting cash donations from vendors you work with, friends and family to purchase the cans you need. Tax deductible donations may be made to Canstruction® Long Island, Inc. on behalf of teams, but teams will have to purchase the cans they need and then submit their receipts for reimbursement from the donated funds. Donors must also indicate which team they are supporting. |
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Are my donations to Canstruction® Long Island Tax Deductible? |
Canstruction® Long Island is produced by Canstruction® Long Island Inc., an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) public charity. All sponsorships and donations to Canstruction® Long Island, Inc. are tax deductible. |
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| How do I sponsor a Team or the Event? |
| Visit our Be a Sponsor page to sign up online as a Canstruction® Long Island sponsor, or to sponsor any of our teams. |
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| After the Event, where do the cans go? |
| At the close of the Exhibit, all of the structures are disassembled and the cans are donated to Long Island Cares, Inc., The Harry Chapin Food Bank for distribution to food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, group homes, day treatment facilities, senior nutrition sites and day care centers in Nassau and Suffolk. |
