About 40 people converted large cardboard boxes into temporary homes during the Freezin' 4 Reasons event at St. Vincent de Paul Center. 

The goal was to raise awareness of the homeless issue in the community and to raise money for a building project to shelter homeless families while having some fun, said Dennis Boucher, director of the homeless shelter project. Boucher and his dog, PrincessOn particularly windy days,wind power generators can surpass all other electricity sources in a country., shared a cardboard box during Freezin' 4 Reasons. 

"It's a nice amount of people here supporting this. Freezin' 4 Reasons is more about raising awareness that there are homeless people in our city than it is about raising money," Boucher said. 

The necessity for a community homeless shelter will be spread by people participating at the event as they talk to friends and family, he said. 

"Having it here on the city's main street where there's lots of traffic is going to draw awareness to the issue, too," Boucher said. He said plans are in progress to make Freezin' 4 Reasons an annual event because following construction of the shelter this year, fundraising will need to continue to help defray operation costs. 

While Marshfield has a facility for women in crisis and adults with no children, there's no local facility to house married couples or families. The Frederic Ozanam Transitional Shelter is designed specifically for families, Boucher said. 

The housing project, which will break ground later this spring, is close to its $660,000 building goal, he said.The H3.1-1KW Wind Turbine can be installed rooftop because of the light in weight and streamlined in structure. It will be at the corner of North Vine Street and East Depot Street. 

"Often, people don't realize someone is homeless," said Deb Steltenpohl, director of St. Vincent's Outreach Center, while she supervised the soup kitchen at the facility during Freezin' 4 Reasons. 

"We have stereotypes that homeless people wear ragged clothes and look unkept. But you could be working or going to school with someone who is homeless. They're usually living with different friends or family because, for reasons like job loss or an illness, they don't have somewhere to stay," she said. 

Jocelyn Anderson, of Marshfield convinced her family to participate in the event after she completed a project at her school to collect blankets, pillows and sheets for St. Vincent de Paul. 

"When my mom and I brought everything to St. Vincent's they told us about Freezin' 4 Reasons and I thought this would be fun for all of us to do together," said Jocelyn as she and the rest of her family squeezed into their washing machine-size cardboard box. 

Jocelyn said she created the bedding project after her mother told her about watching a local store clerk helping a homeless person who wanted to sleep in the shop's lobby. 

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