Evanger's is happy to help its community in any way that it can, and this time, the request for help was a bit different. This month, we helped with Evergreen Federal Bank's Food Bank Project. Evergreen Federal Bank has been in business for 79 years - just one year older than Evanger's! They have raised over one million dollars for non-profit organizations. This year, one of their community support projects was to benefit their local food bank and farm, Josephine County Food Bank and Raptor Creek Farm, to help fight hunger. Evergreen reached out to many can suppliers because they wanted to build a Can Bear for the Annual Boatnik Memorial Day Parade in their community. The idea behind building a bear out of cans was to promote the support of the food bank in a unique way. However, we were shocked to learn that many can suppliers would not assist Evergreen Bank with this positive endeavor! Evanger's was more than willing to help, so we supplied thousands of empty cans to help build the Evergreen Can Bear.
The Can Bear was built, and with it, 10 custom oversized food barrels painted by local artists. The finished product was unveiled at the Memorial Day Boatnik Parade. These barrels then served as food collection sites in the downtown area of Grants Pass, Oregon, and will be used to collect food to help the food bank throughout the summer. At the end of the summer, the barrels and bear will be donated to their local food bank once the project has been completed.
The bear was assembled by stacking the cans using silicone adhesive, foam insulation and wire mesh inside the bear, and a clear automotive coating was applied so the bear would be weather resistant. The labels were custom designed by Evergreen's graphics team. Although it was a very labor intensive project, it was a lot of fun for the Evergreen Team. Evanger's was thrilled to be able to help for such a wonderful cause.
You can read more about Evergreen Federal Bank at http://community.evergreenbanking.com
You can read more about Josephine County Food Bank and Raptor Creek Farm at
The Can Bear was built, and with it, 10 custom oversized food barrels painted by local artists. The finished product was unveiled at the Memorial Day Boatnik Parade. These barrels then served as food collection sites in the downtown area of Grants Pass, Oregon, and will be used to collect food to help the food bank throughout the summer. At the end of the summer, the barrels and bear will be donated to their local food bank once the project has been completed.
The bear was assembled by stacking the cans using silicone adhesive, foam insulation and wire mesh inside the bear, and a clear automotive coating was applied so the bear would be weather resistant. The labels were custom designed by Evergreen's graphics team. Although it was a very labor intensive project, it was a lot of fun for the Evergreen Team. Evanger's was thrilled to be able to help for such a wonderful cause.
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| Building the Evergreen Can Bear from Evanger's cans |
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| The completed Evergreen Bear using Evanger's cans! The barrels will serve as food depositories in downtown Grants Pass, Oregon to support the local food bank. |
You can read more about Josephine County Food Bank and Raptor Creek Farm at
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