Saint Mary’s students sleep outside to raise awareness of homeless

WINONA, Minn. — Approximately 20 Saint Mary’s University students will sleep in cardboard boxes the night of Thursday, April 2, during the annual shak-a-thon, part of Habitat for Humanity's Act!Speak!Build! Week. A week of activities is scheduled to raise awareness about the millions of people who do not have adequate shelter to sleep.

For Thursday’s shak-a-thon, SMU’s Habitat for Humanity chapter will sell luminaries ($1 for one or six for $5) as a fundraiser. A variety of events will begin at 9 p.m. in the plaza. The box houses and luminaries will remain up throughout Friday.

Activities are planned throughout the week. Both SMU and Winona State University students will complete a “Walk to Rally” on Tuesday.

For more information, contact Bethany Kaufmann at bakauf05@smumn.edu.