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Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com
Volunteers with Home of the Sparrow and Turning Point, Nancy Erickson (left) of Woodstock, Kristin Tenore of Crystal Lake and Bard Wurster of Algonquin look for homeless people on the Woodstock Square Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. The volunteers are part of a widespread effort to measure the scale of homelessness in the United States. The numbers are required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and used to help allocate money.