Virtual Canstructure Competition Official Team Registration Survey

Please read the event details below and complete your team's registration information.

Youth Volunteer Corps of Hampton Roads has supported the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank for the past 9 years by hosting a STEM competition for students that doubles as a large-scale service project. This design-and-build event allows youth in grades K-12 to test their creativity and problem-solving skills by collecting canned goods and then building a 3-dimensional themed structure from those food donations. Teams are challenged to raise awareness of food insecurity issues in our community, utilize real-world engineering and math skills, and demonstrate teamwork in a timed competition. Typically held at Patrick Henry Mall in April, the annual Canstructure Competition generates hundreds of participants and spectators with special guests from various industries and business sectors. Most importantly, it helps stock the shelves of the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank with TENS of THOUSANDS of pounds of food! To see highlights from past Canstructure events, please visit www.yvchr.org/canstructure.

YVCHR is committed to carrying out this tradition despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have developed a modified approach to our traditional Canstructure Competition that provides two options for teams: (1) a fully virtual "design-and-donate" challenge or (2) an in-person "build-where-you-are" challenge. The "build-where-you-are" option allows small teams to build a canstructure at their location of choice and is ideal for schools or community organizations that currently have in-person instruction or programming (e.g., scouts, faith organizations, Boys & Girls Club, YMCA). The "design-and-donate" challenge is ideal for teams that prefer to collaborate virtually via Zoom (or other video-conferencing app) to brainstorm and draft a digital 3-D render of their canstructure using general purpose CAD drafting software (e.g., AutoCAD, TinkerCAD or Sketchup); the team would then collect and donate the number of canned goods it would take to build their design (but without actually building it) or raise the equivalent in funds that it would take to buy those cans by hosting a fundraising campaign on our approved websites. There will be 4 awards: Best CANstructure (Build-Where-You-Are team), Best Digital CANstructure (Design-and-Donate team), Most Food Collected & Most Funds Raised. Honorable mentions are at the judges’ discretion.

Instead of gathering at one location and having a timed competition, the event will be self-paced with a deadline of Friday, May 7th at 11:59pm. Entries will be submitted electronically to YVCHR, and judges will evaluate each team's work based a point system outlined in the judging rubric, as well as on adherence to competition guidelines (both documents are available here). Awards will be announced on Friday, May 14th with trophies going to top teams in the DESIGN-AND-DONATE and the BUILD-WHERE-YOU-ARE categories, as well as to the teams that collect the most food and the most funds overall.

The toolkit, which will be emailed to all registered teams, provides detailed event information, guidelines and helpful resources. We will also offer strategies for safely engaging students and effectively hosting food drives within the context of the pandemic. YVCHR will be responsible for coordinating the transport of all food donations from each team's "home" site to the Foodbank. As in the past, students will earn service hours based on the amount of time they contributed to the project (from start to finish). The event will be public

1.What is your team's affiliation (name of school, after-school program, faith organization, athletic team, boy/girl scout troop, etc.)?(Required.)

2.Who is the team sponsor (each team is required to have one adult team sponsor as a point of contact and logistics coordinator)?(Required.)

Name

Role (e.g., teacher, scout leader, youth pastor, program director)

Phone number

Email Address

3.What is your team's age level?(Required.)

K-5 (ages 5-10)

6-8 (ages 11-13)

9-12 (ages 14-18)

4.Approximately how many youth will be on this team?(Required.)

Number of participants:

Names of participants (this can be updated later):

5.Please indicate your team's choice of Canstructure challenges below:(Required.)

We are competing in the fully virtual DESIGN-AND-DONATE Challenge.

We are competing in the BUILD-WHERE-YOU-ARE Challenge as a small group (with masks and COVID protocols strictly enforced).

6.Please include any questions, suggestions or comments below (optional).

7.By checking the box below, I acknowledge the following competition requirements:

At all times, team members will adhere to all safety protocols as set forth by the CDC and state government pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All team members will submit a volunteer waiver at www.yvchr.org/waiver.
All team members' hours will be tracked and reported to YVCHR.
All files submitted to YVCHR will become property of YVCHR for the purpose of publicizing and promoting the event and youth service opportunities in general.
The team sponsor has permission from the host organization/school to compete in the Virtual Canstructure Competition.

(Required.)

Yes, I acknowledge and agree with the above requirements.

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