Abby Berberich of Clarendon Hills and Natalie Alpan of Elmhurst chat in the cardboard box that they would share to sleep as part of Christ Church of Oak Brook's Sleep Out Saturday event. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media
Jake Simon of Hinsdale talks through a hole cut out of his refrigerator box to another "camper" during the Christ Church of Oak Brook Sleep Out Saturday program. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media
Austin Sasser of Westmont and Zach Stahl of La Grange warm up at a fire before having to sleep inside a refrigerator box for Christ Church of Oak Brook's Sleep Out Saturday program. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media
Grace Stevenson gets some help from Callie Thomas in preparing to sleep outside Saturday. Stevenson and Thomas along with other girls from Christ Church of Oak Brook participated in Sleep Out Saturday. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media
Barb Lillwitz holds a light up so that Alex Kovach and Natalie Alpan could set up their sleeping area during Christ Church of Oak Brook's Sleep Out Saturday event. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media
Pete Stearns helps Nick Silverman reinforce his refrigerator box during the Christ Church of Oak Brook Sleep Out Saturday program. | Steve Johnston~for Sun-Times Media
Nearly 50 Christ Church of Oak Brook students participated in the church’s Sleep Out Saturday event this past weekend, spending the night outdoors in whatever shelter they could construct, to get a better understanding of what it’s like to be homeless. Students started the evening …