Tuesday, April 24, 2012

2012 Concrete Canoe Luncheon

A concrete canoe? And it floats? Doesn’t seem possible, does it? 

On Saturday April 20, GBA sponsored a luncheon for the 25th Annual ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition. Students from the Mid-Continent Conference gathered at Holmes Lake Park in Lincoln, Neb. to test their engineering skills and paddled their concrete canoes. The canoes were a concrete mixture that was light enough to float and strong enough to carry two engineering students.

Nine volunteers from GBA made the trip to Lincoln and provided a Bar-B-Que lunch for the 250 students, volunteers, and professors. Lunch included pulled pork made by the GBA BBQ team, brats, baked beans, chips, and cookies. The weather didn’t seem like it was going to cooperate at the beginning of the day, but the sun finally broke through the clouds and the wind died down. It turned out to be a beautiful afternoon.

This was the fifth time GBA sponsored the luncheon at the event and the students that ate the food on Saturday hoped it would not be the last.

Volunteers from l to r: Adam Stodola, Keri McGill, Jennifer Gunby, Kiel Johnson, Cheri Schoenhals, Matt Fowler, Molly Oller, Erin Moeder, and Scott Moeder

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