Canstruction 2024: An Evening with Mike Goodwin Award Winners and Event Recap

Canstruction 2024: An Evening with Mike Goodwin, presented by Foundation Bank, was held Thursday, September 26th at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in downtown Jackson. The 19th annual event featured structures built entirely out of canned food by 15 teams from around the city, a wonderful dinner sponsored by Hometowne Capital, Delta Faucet Company, and Delta Women in Leadership, an awards ceremony, and a live performance by Mike Goodwin, sponsored by PRA Group and Toyota Tennessee.

Canstruction festivities began Thursday, September 12th at the Kickoff Party, sponsored by Christian Brothers Automotive and Jackson-Madison County School System, at Baker Bros. BBQ. Teams and sponsors were invited to enjoy dinner, fellowship and live music together in anticipation of Canstruction.

Canstruction 2024 Partners

This event would not have been possible without the support of our partners! Special thanks to our Presenting Sponsor, Foundation Bank. The support of the businesses, organizations, churches, schools, and individuals that partner with us allows us to continue leading and engaging our community in the fight against hunger. Thank you for investing in our mission!

Teams

The 15 participating teams gathered at the civic center Tuesday, September 24th for Buildout, sponsored by Hub City Blueprint. This year included two first-year teams, and 13 returning teams. Gerdau is the only team that has participated in Canstruction for all 19 years the event has been held in Jackson.

Delta Faucet Company – Feed the Need
Family Christian School – The Mystery Machine
Fellowship Bible Church – Striving for Greatness
Frist Methodist Downtown Jackson – Hunger Knows No Color
Frist Presbyterian Church of Jackson – FPC CAN Ring the Bells to Relieve Hunger
Georgia-Pacific – Dixie Jackson – Nourishing Hope: Dixie Plates and the Battle Against Childhood Hunger
Gerdau – Knocking Out Hunger
Hitachi Energy Alamo – Scan and Can
Jackson-Madison County School System – Love Your Neighborhood? Now that Eats!
Jackson State Community College – We CAN Do It
LyondellBasell – Send Hunger Packing
Regions Bank – Piece of Pie
TBDN Tennessee Company – Driving Out Hunger
Tennalum – Gnome More Hunger
Toyota Tennessee – Garfield CAN Share!

Award Winners

Descriptions of each award can be found here.

Best of Show: Delta Faucet Company
Best Use of Labels: Jackson State Community College
Structural Ingenuity: Hitachi Energy Alamo
Best Meal: Jackson-Madison County School System
Most Cans: Gerdau
Best Original Design: Delta Faucet Company
Spotlight Award: First Methodist Downtown Jackson
Honorable Mention: Tennalum
Honorable Mention: Toyota Tennessee
People’s Choice, sponsored by Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical: First Presbyterian Church of Jackson

-RIFA-

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