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‘United We Can’ event returning

The 2021 Leadership Marshfield Class is excited to announce that one of its class projects will bring back “United We Can!” The event will be virtual with canned food sculptures being built on-location at each business, organization or home. Building will take place May 10 – 21, 2021; and the community will have the opportunity to vote on their favorites May 25-28, 2021. Winners will be announced June 1, 2021.

United We Can is a food sculpture contest where businesses, organizations and families build their creations made entirely out of canned and non-perishable food! After the competition, all the food will be donated to Marshfield food programs. This year’s United We Can is a partnership with one of the 2021 Leadership Marshfield groups and Marshfield Area United Way.

We are currently looking for businesses, organizations and/or families to participate. Each team will build a sculpture of non-perishable food items in their workplace or home. Sculptures must be at least 50 percent non-perishable food items; food items cannot be altered nor can labels be removed; and food items must NOT be expired. Teams who will be building larger sculptures can contact Festival Foods or Pick ‘n Save one week prior to building and they will pull your food together for you. Additionally, these locations will have collection containers for anyone who wants to donate food, but doesn’t wish to build a sculpture.

To enter, simply build your sculpture between May 10 and May 21, 2021, and email your photo to unitedwecan54449@ gmail.com. Please include: -- The name of your sculpture -- Name of your business, organization or family -- Number of food items used (for example: 20 cans of corn, 15 boxes of rice, etc.) -- Height of your sculpture After May 21, participants will be contacted to arrange donation drop off. Food will be distributed to: Soup or Socks, St. Vincent de Paul, and United Way’s NOW Program. Monetary donations can be made on the Soup or Socks website: www.souporsocks.org.

Photos will be posted on the Marshfield Area United Way Facebook page for voting. There will be several awards given out to the winners, including Fan Favorite (251 items or more), Fan Favorite (250 items or less), Tallest Sculpture and Sculpture with the Most Items Used.

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