Three Cape Engineers volunteer at Camp Guardian

Three members of the Cape Girardeau-based 1140th Engineer Battalion's Headquarters Company of the National Guard recently volunteered at Camp Guardian. Camp Guardian hosts and entertains 70 campers ranging from 8 to 80 who have been diagnosed with Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, autism or various other mental and physical disabilities. Cape Girardeau residents Sgt. Dustin Rees, Spc. Dillon Rickman, pictured here, and Spc. Vikas Chaudhary volunteered at the camp this year. They brought and maintained several generators, which powered air-conditioning units for the cabins. They also provided a mobile kitchen for some of the meals. When the men weren't working on maintenance, they participated in camp events, such as helping the campers get into boats, going to a water park with them or dancing with them at nightly get-togethers.