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Bluebag Media
Key Club members
learn about the homeless, sleep on cardboard
GREENVILLE – For the fifth time in as many years, Key Club members from
Greenville and Piqua High Schools built ‘box cities’ and shelters for
the night. While a fun event, it was also a learning event for the 27
students as they discovered the meaning of homelessness and the plight
of the homeless in their communities.
They built their shelters from boxes donated by Hansbarger Appliances,
Lowes Home Improvement and Hibbets Sports. On arrival the students had
to purchase their boxes and building supplies with non-perishable food
items and clothing. The food, in turn, was donated to Greenville’s
Grace Resurrection Center while the clothing was donated to St. Vincent
DePaul out of Dayton. Students collected 330 cans of food and 10
garbage bags of clothing.
Once the boxes were purchased students broke into two tribes – boys and
girls – and built their “compounds.” The evening included an
informational presentation from St. Vincent DePaul, games, pizza and an
overnighter on cardboard mattresses.
“I had a great night of sleep,” said a GHS Key Clubber. “I slept
wonderfully on a mattress made of cardboard… I think I will start
sleeping on cardboard all the time it was so great,” she concluded.
Sarcasm noted. She acknowledged not being in the best of moods the
following morning...
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