Seattle’s largest canned food pyramid is being constructed tonight at PhinneyWood Summer Streets.

Vision Greenwood Park and Volunteers of America came up with the idea to use Summer Streets as a way to promote their organizations’ efforts and to collect canned food donations.

After discussing the idea with event producers, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and Jordan T. Adams Event Management, a decision was made to build a large pyramid out of the donations.

The goal was to come up with 2,000 cans over a month’s time by placing barrels at supermarkets in the Phinney Ridge and Greenwood neighborhoods. Ken’s Market launched the event by donating a spectacular 1,000 cans right off the bat.

“This is a great community to have a business located,” said Bill Staney, Ken’s Market Manager “We love our customers and are happy to give something back.”

The great news is that over 2,500 cans have been donated so far. The canned food pyramid is being built throughout the day and is expected to continue growing as more cans are donated this evening.

Vision Greenwood Park is a neighborhood volunteer group supporting the expansion and improvement of Greenwood Park located on N 87th Street between Fremont and Evanston Avenues. The group is currently constructing a community garden which will have a giving garden where vegetables are grown and donated to the Greenwood Food Bank. The community garden is funded in part by a Neighborhood Matching Fund award of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods.

The pyramid will be built between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. in Ken’s Market parking lot at N 73rd Street and Greenwood Avenue.