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Build Dates Continue for Marshfield Area United Way’s “United We Can”; Deadline this Friday

Tuesday, March 12th, 2024 -- 10:01 AM

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The United We Can (UWC) Committee and Marshfield Area United Way (MAUW) invite your business, organization, or family to participate in "United We Can" to support our local food pantries.

UWC is a canned food sculpture competition; afterwards the food is donated to the following local food programs:  Soup or Socks, St. Vincent De Paul, and the MAUW NOW Program.

This event is virtual, with on-location construction and online voting. There are two size categories to fit your organization; so get your team together and build a sculpture in your workplace or home.

At A Glance:

  •         March 1-15, 2024:  Build Dates
  •         March 15, 2024, 5:00pm:  Entry Submission Deadline
  •         March 19-22, 2024:  Facebook Voting
  •         March 26, 2024:  Winners Announced

Each team will build a sculpture of non-perishable food items in their workplace or location. Sculptures must be at least 50% 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. To pre-register for United We Can, please contact Jenni Smith at [email protected]. To enter your submission (by March 15th at 5:00pm), email a photo of your sculpture to Jenni Smith, along with the following information: 

  •         Name of Sculpture
  •         Name of Business/Organization/Family
  •         Inventory of the Items used to build the sculpture (for example, 15 boxes of pasta, 20 cans of soup, etc.)
  •         Height of Sculpture

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.

Our participating food pantries provided the following wish list: canned potatoes, jelly, mayo, tuna, canned tomatoes/tomato products, canned fruit, beans (any kind) and pasta meals/raviolis. Whenever possible, if these items can be used for sculptures it would be greatly appreciated.

Can’t build a food sculpture, but want to help? There are a number of ways you can still get involved.

  •         Monetary donations can be made on the Soup or Socks website:  www.souporsocks.org.
  •         Hold a food drive and give your donations to a participating UWC team.
  •         Sign up for our e-newsletter and get the latest news about UWC:  http://eepurl.com/h3YiX1
  •         Vote for your favorite canned food sculpture from March 19-22.  Click Here

Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.