A look inside Mobile’s Cardboard City

Cardboard City Oct. 24, 2015
Cardboard City Oct. 24, 2015
Above: Austin Richardson, 13, of Mobile and a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, participates in Cardboard City at Alabama School of Mathematics and Science on Saturday in Mobile. (Mike Kittrell/Alabama NewsCenter)
Hundreds were thinking, and sleeping, inside the box in Mobile Saturday night.
A soccer field near the Alabama School of Math and Science at the corner of Dauphin and Ann streets became Cardboard City as people created shelters out of boxes to raise awareness and funds for the homeless. Read more about the event here.
Alabama NewsCenter photographer Mike Kittrell documented those preparing for their night in Cardboard City. Click on any photo to view gallery.

Madalyn O’Sullivan,11, of Mobile, Ala., a member of Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, participates in Cardboard City at Alabama School of Mathematics and Science on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, in Mobile. Participants sleep overnight in a cardboard box and dine from a soup line to connect with the struggle of homelessness. This event helps build public awareness of local homelessness and benefits Family Promise of Coastal Alabama and Dumas Wesley Community Center. (Mike Kittrell)