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<p class="gmail-p1" style="text-align:center">Home ReSource's </p><p class="gmail-p1" style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><b><u>Spontaneous Construction Event</u></b></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p4"><b><br></b></p><p class="gmail-p4"><b>Missoula, Montana (September 16th, 2017) – </b>What began in 2005 as an organizational birthday party is now Home ReSource’s signature annual event. On Saturday, September 16<span class="gmail-s2">th</span>, the nittiest, grittiest, smashinest, bashinest, clangenest, bangenest, creativist, barbaloot-savinest party in town continues as Spontaneous Construction (aka SponCon) returns to the corner of Russell and Wyoming in Missoula.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4">“Moving Missoula toward Zero Waste takes work and diligence, but it is totally do-able and can be a heap of fun. Reducing and reusing are highly creative acts,” says Home ReSource Executive Director Katie Deuel. “Our founders knew that, which is why they made SponCon an annual opportunity for the community to participate, engage, and create.”<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4">At this one-of-a-kind competition, teams have seven hours from inspiration to completion to craft fun and functional items from just about any of the building materials at Home ReSource. Teams compete side-by-side in the Home ReSource parking lot amidst hundreds of onlookers in an atmosphere made festive by live music, local food, and free, creative, family-friendly activities.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4">“We’re thrilled that nearly half of the 26 registered teams include youth,” says Jeremy Drake, Community Engagement Manager at Home ReSource. “When we engage young Missoulians in the key pieces of the Zero Waste puzzle – choosing to do it, knowing how to do it, and working together to make it happen –all in a fun way, then they lead us in a shift toward norms that will make our community stronger.” SponCon and ZWAP!, the Zero Waste Ambassadors Program for 5<span class="gmail-s2">th </span>graders, are two of the opportunities that Home ReSource offers Missoulians to build skills and knowledge to move Missoula toward Zero Waste.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4">For those who aren’t ready to step into the contestant area, SponCon offers activities for all ages such as Paint-a-Door, Spin Art, the White Hole, and Giant Jenga. New this year is the Doodads Creation Station led by Deb Scott, winner of “Best in Show” in the Creative Reuse Division at the 2017 Western Montana Fair. The Found Sound Explosion at 1:30 p.m. is a chance for everyone to make a joyful noise on invented instruments made especially for the event.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4">Judges determine what SponCon creations will go to the auction block at the nonprofit’s annual “Celebrating Reuse, Building Community” Banquet and Benefit Auction, where supporters bid on and buy pieces to help fund Home ReSource’s Community Sustainability Programs including ZWAP!, Zero Waste, reuse workshops, youth internships and apprenticeships, job-skills training, and more. Celebrating Reuse, Building Community will be held this year at The Wilma on Friday, November 3<span class="gmail-s2">rd</span>.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4">Each year, an estimated 500 contestants, spectators, and sponsors contribute to the success of SponCon. Deuel comments, “Spontaneous Construction celebrates so many of the ways that this community can and does work together to build a better tomorrow – building beautiful objects from what might have been trash, reducing waste and pollution through reuse, and bringing people together to have fun in the process.”<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4"><b>SPONCON 2017 EVENT DETAILS:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-p4"><b>What</b>: Spontaneous Construction 2017<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4"><b>Where</b>: Home ReSource<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4"> 1515 Wyoming St. (corner of Russell and Wyoming)<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4"><b>When</b>: Saturday, September 16th<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4"><b>Time</b>: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. or later<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4"><b>Cost</b>: Event is free and open to the public; Building contest slots are full<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4"><b>Website</b>: <span class="gmail-s3"><a href="http://www.homeresource.org/sponcon/">http://www.homeresource.org/sponcon/</a> </span>- includes detailed schedule, performance line-up, family-friendly activities, and food vendors<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4"><b>Press Contact:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-p4">Jeremy Drake, Community Engagement Manager<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4">Home ReSource, 1515 Wyoming St, Missoula MT 59801<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4">(406) 541-8301<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4"><a href="mailto:jeremy@homeresource.org">jeremy@homeresource.org</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Nikki Robb</font><div><br></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">NR Event Partners</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">PO Box 9246</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Missoula, MT 59807</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">#406-274-7628</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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