Photo by Eric Levine

Sponsored by the Youth Advisory Council, the annual project is expected to raise upwards of $20,000 for services to prevent homelessness and to aid the homeless.

These students from Brown City High School are constructing a cardboard shelter Friday afternoon.

Dedicated students and adult chaperones spent a rainy Saturday night in the makeshift city.

Left to right in the photograph: Michelle Burgess, Katherine Kreiner, Elaine Cooper, Katie Takacs. Back -- Jessica Miller and Lyndsay Loren. (Photo by Eric Levine)