Students Use Canned Food To Design Structures, Feed The Hungry

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Students from 12 Fulton County high schools on Friday and Saturday will participate in the fourth annual Atlanta area “Can Do Good” design competition.

The competition calls for student teams designing and building creative structures using cans collected through food drives.

The south Fulton County high schools -- Banneker High School, Creekside High School, McClarin High School, Tri-Cities High School and Westlake High School -- will start their respective projects at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6 at the Fulton County Government Atrium, which is located at 141 Pryor Street in Atlanta.

Winners in that event will be announced at 12:30 p.m.

Students at the north Fulton high schools -- Cambridge High School, Centennial High School, Chattahoochee High School, Independence High School and Johns Creek High School -- will kick off their competition at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 at North Point Mall’s West Court, which is at 1000 North Point Circle in Alpharetta.

Private schools Kings Ridge Christian School and The Cottage School also are participating. Winners in that event will be announced at noon.

Judges will evaluate the canned food structures on creativity, stability and difficulty, and then award cash prizes – up to $1,000 – to the winning team’s school.

There is also a People’s Choice award where the public can vote for their favorite can structure. After judging, the structures will be left on display for the next week and then disassembled and donated to local charities. In North Fulton, the food items will be donated to North Fulton Community Charities, and in South Fulton, donations will be made to Charitable Connections.

The “Can Do Good” design competition is sponsored by Fulton County Schools, the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, South Fulton Chamber of Commerce, North Point Mall, Fulton County Government Center, Custom Human Resource Solutions and the architectural engineering firm of Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood.

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Photo: Johns Creek High School students at the 2014 Can Do Good competition. Credit: Can Do Good’s Facebook page