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Want to see the can-do efforts of local companies to fight hunger? Check out these Canstruction Orange County structures

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Structures from this year’s Canstruction Orange County design and build competition to benefit the Orange County Food Bank are on display through the end of the month at three locations.

Teams of building industry professionals — architects, construction workers and engineers — from 11 local businesses and corporations put their creative skills to work arranging thousands of canned good products into fun works of art.

The structures will be on display through Sept. 30 at the ARTIC transportation station in Anaheim, John Wayne Airport and South Coast Plaza. Awards have been given out in various categories, but the public can vote on the “People’s Choice Award,” and donate $1 per vote, by going to canstructionoc.org/vote.

  • TCA Architects won the Canstruction Orange County 2018 award for Best Meal with its entry titled “You CAN Catch a Poke Bowl!” It took 2,000 cans and is on display at John Wayne Airport. (Courtesy of Hector Campos)

  • Perkins Eastman|Dougherty’s entry in Canstruction Orange County 2018 is titled “CANdy For a Cause.” It took 2,300 cans and is on display at South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy of Hector Campos)

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  • The PJHM Architects entry for Canstruction Orange County 2018 is titled “Hunger is No Game.” It took 1,000 cans and is on display at South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy of Hector Campos)

  • Conceptual Design and Planning Company titled its Canstruction Orange County 2018 entry “We CAN Wave Off Hunger.” It took 4,441 cans and is on display at South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy of Hector Campos)

  • OCJ Stars won the Canstruction Orange County 2018 award for Structural Integrity with its entry titled “Ganesha – Blessing the Beginning of a Hunger-Free World.” It took 3,000 cans and is on display at South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy of Hector Campos)

  • Disneyland Resort | Design & Engineering won the Canstruction Orange County 2018 award for Best Original Design with its entry titled “We CAN Make an Incredible Difference!” It took 8,500 cans and is on display at South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy of Hector Campos)

  • Little Architects won a Canstruction Orange County 2018 Honorable Mention with its entry titled “Banishing Hunger, to Infinity and Beyond!” It took 12,100 cans to build and is on display at South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy of Hector Campos)

  • JRMA Architecture Engineering’s entry for Canstruction Orange County 2018 is titled “CANcredible.” (Courtesy of Hector Campos)

  • Fluor won the Canstruction Orange County 2018 award for Best Use of Labels with its entry titled “WATER You Doing? Let’s Make Hunger DissapPier!” It took 5,100 cans and is on display at John Wayne Airport. (Courtesy of Hector Campos)

  • Architects Orange earned an Honorable Mention in Canstruction Orange County 2018 for its entry titled “Millennium Fal-Can – Hunger Can’t Be Solved Solo.” It took 4,600 cans and is on display at South Coast Plaza. (Courtesy of Hector Campos)

  • The SVA Architects entry in Canstruction Orange County 2018 is titled “Star Wars BB9.” It took 700 cans and is on display at South Coast Plaza.(Courtesy of Hector Campos)

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The annual event, now in its 11th year, tries to raise awareness and generate donations for the Orange County Food Bank, run by the Community Action Partnership of Orange County.

Food bank director Mark Lowry said once the displays are taken down, some 51,800 cans of food will be sent to the food bank’s Garden Grove facility.

“One of the O.C. Food Bank’s largest challenges is telling the stories of the people who we serve, especially in a community that has a reputation for being affluent,” Lowry said. “Canstruction draws attention to the issue of hunger, in a manner that is visually stunning and incredibly creative.”