In these times of trial and uncertainty in the corporate world, it’s can be easy to feel down about the economy and the fact that no one knows when business will be on the upswing again. But things are put into perspective pretty fast when you learn that, right here in Central Florida, over 246,690 children go hungry on a regular basis throughout the year. To put that number into perspective – Greg Higgerson from The Second Harvest Food Bank shared this illustration with me: Imagine these 246,690 children lined up shoulder to shoulder alongside I-4, facing toward the traffic. It would take 1 hour of driving time @ 70MPH to pass by each child – that’s from Orlando to Daytona. It’s uncomfortable and disheartening to think about, but we NEED to think about it. THIS IS AMERICA for goodness sake – children are going hungry amongst an abundance of food? This just shouldn’t be.
The good news is that SO many people in the community care, and are willing to do something about it. In particular, C&P and 13 other AEP firms, schools and even Girl Scouts joined together to fight the hunger epidemic in Central Florida. It’s all a part of Canstruction – a national event, comprised of individual local competitions to build amazing 8′x8′x8′ structures out of cans of food, then donate it to The Second Harvest Food Bank. This year, we built “Wonders” to help fight hunger. “Wonders of the World” were erected out of canned food items – 31,947 to be exact. 31,947 food items will be on the tables of the hungry in CFL in less than a week.
And it shouldn’t stop there. Especially with the holidays approaching, we should all dig a little deeper, maybe do just one extra thing to help others – when we all do just one extra thing, it all adds up to a better community!
~Karah Wilson, Marketing Coordinator @ C&P
Wonders of the World – Photo courtesy of Andres Mogollon
Tags: Architects, CANosseum, Canstruction, Central Florida, Cuhaci & Peterson, Feeding America, food drive, Philanthropy, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
We went to the CANstruction display last week and my children especially enjoyed all of the efforts put forth by the teams. Kudos to Cuhaci Peterson for participating in this worthwhile event and for helping to raise awareness regarding hunger in Central Florida!