Alissa Dietz and Becca Howes, 5, construct a cardboard shelter as they prepare to camp overnight at Veterans Memorial Stadium to bring awareness to homelessness and to raise funds on Saturday November 9, 2013. Money raised from this year’s Sleep Out will be distributed to the following Linn County homeless assistance programs: Catherine McAuley Center Transitional Housing Program Catholic Worker House Cedar House Shelter Foundation 2 Youth Shelter HACAP Transitional Housing Mission of Hope Salvation Army Emergency Lodging Program Waypoint Domestic Violence Program / Madge Phillips Center Willis Dady Emergency Shelter (Justin Torner/Freelance for the Gazewtte)