This weekend was so much fun!!! It was the weekend of Cardboard Village; students across campus get groups together and spend the night in cardboard houses to raise money for the Clinton County Homeless Shelter. There are different competitions like Best Use of Duct Tape, Homiest Box and Most Creative. Boxes this year included GSA’s Haunted Mansion, the Sig’s Pirate Ship and a box for 3 girls with heart shaped doors. Students donate $10 to the Shelter when they register. Another way money was raised Friday night was through suitcase-auctioning. There were 5 different suitcases decorated with various themes such as sports or entertainment and filled with secret goodies. The largest box went to 3 GSA members for $100! By the end of the night, WC students raised almost $1400 to give to the Homeless Shelter. There was also a showing of The Soloist, the true story of a homeless man in LA who is befriended by a columnist who discovers the man is a Juilliard dropout who plays beautiful music but suffers from schizophrenia. Prior to the movie, DJ Ken (Ken Lydy, Dean of Students) kept the music going. At one point here was even a dance floor in the middle of the cardboard village as students took on the Cha Cha Slide, The Cuban Shuffle and even Soulja Boy. Faith in Action provided Vegetable and Chicken Noodle soup to keep participants warm and oatmeal was provided for breakfast. Those who stayed all night even got T-shirts! Luckily it stopped raining early Friday so the skies were clear and though it was cold, I think it would be safe to say that everyone involved had a blast anyway. It was definitely an awesome experience I plan to repeat in the future :)
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