Over 55,000 children in the GTA are skipping meals because their families don’t have enough money for food. Are you shocked and horrified that this is going on not in some far-flung third world country, but right here at home? Our children are going hungry in a society with plenty and this is just not acceptable. Awareness is the key to change.

Congratulations to the design industry for actually doing something about it. They have created Canstruction, a very unique competition where teams of volunteer professionals and students create unconventional works of art from thousands of cans of food in less than 8 hours. Held in cities across North America, this year is Toronto’s 9^th annual Canstruction. The reason for this fabulous event is to create awareness of the problem of hunger in our cities and to make people understand the importance of donating to their local food banks. After the competition is over all of the cans of food used in the creation of the works of art are donated to the daily food bank. In case you think that this event is “small potatoes”, excuse the pun, last year’s Toronto Canstruction resulted in over 70,000 pounds of food donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank.

This year’s Toronto Canstruction will take place at the TD Centre on Monday, November 5^th. The exhibits will be on display until Sunday, November 11^th. For more information on Canstruction follow the link below.

http://www.canstructiontoronto.org/

To join the fight against hunger in Toronto, contact the Daily Bread Food Bank. Visit their website by following the link below.

http://www.dailybread.ca/