Icy conditions and low temperatures did nothing to dampen the spirits of Alex Eppenauer and the Scouts from Sedalia Boy Scout Troop 54 during this weekend’s Cardboard Campout.
Alex, a 14-year-old Life Scout, started the event three years ago to help generate donations for the Community Cafe. He was joined by 19 Scouts and a half-dozen adults in the Sedalia Walmart parking lot Friday evening, where they erected a small village of cardboard shelters, though, Alex says, they didn’t spend much time “indoors.”
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