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CANstruction Event Benefits Food Bank

KUNR Public Radio | By Michael Hagerty
Published March 28, 2012 at 11:00 PM PDT
Competitors are trying their hand at building three-dimensional designs out of canned goods %u2013 all to benefit the area's
Competitors are trying their hand at building three-dimensional designs out of canned goods %u2013 all to benefit the area's

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Competitors are trying their hand at building three-dimensional designs out of canned goods - all to benefit the area's hungry. It's Northern Nevada's 9th Annual CANstruction event. Judges and shoppers in Reno's Meadowood Mall will vote on the best designs, and at the end of the weekend some 17,000 cans of food will go to The Food Bank of Northern Nevada. KUNR's Michael Hagerty has more.

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