Becanz for Canstruction

$629 donated

Given by 24 generous donors in 15 days

We're helping the City Mission fill the foodbank shelves - help us win Canstruction’s People's Choice award! Every $ given is a vote for us!

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to deadlines for publication of People's Choice Award results, we've had to shorten the voting period. Now ends NOV 19th.

Once upon a time ... there lived a young structural engineer, Doug, who had a dream to create a Cindereall-style pumpkin carriage. “What to make it from?” he said to himself. “I know!” he exclaimed, “I’ll make it from pumpkin soup cans!”

Through the villages, the Fairy Godmother caught wind of this pumpkin carriage. With a burst of magic, the Fairy Godmother whipped up 7 highly skilled can mice to help make Doug’s dream come true.

The size of the carriage, combined with the spherical shape of the pumpkin, created some risky challenges for the mice. With some determination though, the mice created a model to calculate the structural aarangement and number of cans – 5,500!

Doug’s dream came true. Practical, functional and edible, the carriage is one which Cinderella would be proud to go to the ball in!

Our team members:

Louis (senior can coordinator), Alex (comms and detail), Patrick (sponsorship & wheel design), Claire (Coordinator), Fran (structural design), Kate (colourist and marketing), Richard (mentor)