More than 100 students and staff members from École Secondaire Catholique Champlain in Chelmsford, along with two elementary school students, will take part in the Homeless for a Night activity on Oct. 6.
This awareness activity, with the theme “Alone, I go faster; together, we go further,” will begin at 4 p.m. at the Metro supermarket parking lot located on Errington Street in Chelmsford. The event will conclude on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 9 a.m.
With only cardboard boxes and tarps as shelters, the students will experience the reality of being homeless. They will also collect non-perishable food items and monetary donations.
Through their efforts and the support of Rayside-Balfour citizens, they hope to collect several boxes of food items as well as monetary donations that will be used to purchase winter clothing for less fortunate families in the community.
While food items will be donated to the Sudbury Soup Kitchen, financial donations will go towards the Chelmsford Food Bank and the Sudbury Infant Bank.
