Making a boat out of cardboard and duct tape may sound like a daunting task, but every year a number of CAFNR teams take the plunge. Float Your Boat for The Food Bank, held this year on Saturday, April 22, challenges teams to build and race a cardboard boat at Bass Pro Shops Lake. The event, in its sixth year, raises money for The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri — nearly $70,000 in 2017 alone!
Attendees can vote for their favorite boats with donations to The Food Bank. The team who brings in the most donations receives the People’s Choice Award. Other prizes include Best in Show, Can’t Believe It’s Cardboard, Best Use of a Theme, Spirit Award — and also the Titanic Award for Best Sinking and the Ugliest Boat (honor?!) — both of which were taken home by some of our very own CAFNR teams this year!
You can see all the photos and fun on CAFNR’s Flickr site. Below, we feature the CAFNR boats: