Cardboard Box City 2014

Ben Prengler and Liz Schasel
April 9, 2014

Students from all grade levels brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness. This was the annual Cardboard Box City organized by the Lovejoy Key Club.
Students received prizes based upon different qualities of their boxes. This was the annual Cardboard Box City event put on by Family Promise with the help of the Lovejoy Key Club.

The fifth annual Cardboard Box City event took place this past Saturday, April 5 in the LHS indoor facility. It was moved indoors due to cold temperatures and rain.

Students from all grade levels brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness. This was the annual Cardboard Box City organized by the Lovejoy Key Club.
Participants of all ages brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness.
Students from all grade levels brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness. This was the annual Cardboard Box City organized by the Lovejoy Key Club.
Students filled the indoor facility with their cardboard boxes to spend a night simulating more or less what a homeless person endures.
Students from all grade levels brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness. This was the annual Cardboard Box City organized by the Lovejoy Key Club.
Students from all grade levels brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness.
Students from all grade levels brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness. This was the annual Cardboard Box City organized by the Lovejoy Key Club.
Many people brought Frisbees and footballs to keep themselves entertained throughout the night.
Students from all grade levels brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness. This was the annual Cardboard Box City organized by the Lovejoy Key Club.
Most participants decorated their boxes prior to the event in order to create a more “homey” environment and possibly win a prize.
Students from all grade levels brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness. This was the annual Cardboard Box City organized by the Lovejoy Key Club.
The boxes were temporarily abandoned as all participants left to listen to a speaker who had experienced situational homelessness herself. In addition to the speaker, prizes were given for the best decorated boxes as part of the program.
Students from all grade levels brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness. This was the annual Cardboard Box City organized by the Lovejoy Key Club.
This is the fifth annual year for the Family Promise of Collin County’s Cardboard Box City event to take place.
Students from all grade levels brought cardboard boxes into the indoor facility to raise awareness for homelessness. This was the annual Cardboard Box City organized by the Lovejoy Key Club.
Boys and girls were separated into two different “camps” for the duration of Cardboard Box City.