This wasn't your typical Girl Scout campout. There were no campfires or s'mores, no cots or air mattresses, no iPods or radios.
The Villa Grove (IL) Girl Scout Cadette Troop No. 2203 set up cardboard shelters in a grocery store parking lot Friday night to raise awareness of the plight of the homeless. Some girls signed up for a shorter shift of occupancy in the temporary camp, but four hearty Scouts lasted the whole night in chilly overnight temperatures.
Emmaline Cler, 14, said she used double layers of cardboard to help block the wind and retain body heat. "It makes you realize how much little things like an extra blanket can mean," she said.
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