Gateways to Better Living wins 2025 Canstruction event with Pac-Man structure
NILES, Ohio - Teams from across the Mahoning Valley used canned goods to build structures at the Eastwood Mall to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank.
The theme for this year's competition was "Games: Win the Battle Against Hunger."
Each team was given a 10x10 area to create a structure coinciding with the theme. A bowling ball and pin, a pool table, Link from The Legend of Zelda, a Rubik's Cube and cornhole boards were just some of the designs.
Teams participating included:
- Pizza Joe's / Classi-Co Foods
- Senior Care Insurance
- Second Harvest Food Bank
- OH WOW!
- The Cafaro Company
- YSU Sokolov Honors College
- Country Kids & Critters 4-H
- John F. Kennedy Catholic School
- Gateways to Better Living
- Daniel Haggerty
Gateways to Better Living was selected as the winner. They used more than 1,000 cans to form an Etch-A-Sketch depicting Pac-Man.
Second Harvest Food Bank is the true winner each year. The food used to create the structures will be donated to the pantry when the summer-long display is over.
