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Church youths "chill out".(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(fund raising for homeless people)
On the night of October 29, when overnight temperatures in Minnesota are generally more winter-like than fall-like, almost two dozen youth members of New Horizons United Methodist Church in St. Cloud spent the night in cardboard boxes on the grounds of the church. No, they had not had arguments with their parents and moved out--nor were they waiting for the Great Pumpkin to arrive two nights before Halloween. Their exercise was designed to develop empathy and raise funds for homeless people.
"We decided to do something overnight--and a little more extreme--to raise more money and awareness" for homelessness, Rachelle Ireland, leader of the church's youth group, said in an interview with the St. Cloud Times.
The overnight campers, ranging in age from 12 to 18, were accompanied by equally hardy adult chaperones. Each "camper" had his or her own cardboard box. Ireland told the paper that the "children have already learned the closer they put their boxes together, the warmer they'll be."
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