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Tinley Park resident Michael Burton (far left) looks at JoAnn's Bible as members of Calvary Church visit with homeless people living under viaducts off Archer Avenue and Interstate 55 in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tinley Park resident Michael Burton (far left), the Rev. Ron Ovitt (center) and Mokena resident Bonnie Gorgievski (right) look for homeless people in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
The Rev. Ron Ovitt (far right) joins members of Calvary Church in prayer for Jennifer and Dave while visiting homeless people living under viaducts off Archer Avenue and Interstate 55 in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tinley Park resident Michael Burton (right) and the Rev. Ron Ovitt (left) visit with Jennifer and Dave as members of Calvary Church visit with homeless people in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
The Rev. Ron Ovitt (right) and Mokena resident Bonnie Gorgievski (left) look for homeless people living under viaducts off Archer Avenue and Interstate 55 in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tinley Park resident Michael Burton stands near the church bus as members of Calvary Church look for homeless people living in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tinley Park resident Michael Burton wears a crucifix while looking for homeless people living under viaducts off Archer Avenue and Interstate 55 in Chicago's Bridgeport community. He once lived under viaducts in the area. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tinley Park resident Michael Burton (at left), the Rev. Ron Ovitt (right) and Mokena resident Bonnie Gorgievski (center) look for homeless people living under viaducts in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tinley Park resident Michael Burton (at left) and the Rev. Ron Ovitt (at right) look for homeless people living under viaducts in Chicago's Bridgeport community. Burton once lived under viaducts in the area. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tinley Park resident Michael Burton walks past someone's sleeping arrangements while looking for homeless people living under viaducts in Chicago's Bridgeport community. Burton once lived under viaducts in the area. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
JoAnn enjoys some food brought by members of Calvary Church off Archer Avenue and Interstate 55 in Chicago's Bridgeport community on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
JoAnn rests her feet on her wheelchair as she talks with members of Calvary Church off Archer Avenue and Interstate 55 in Chicago's Bridgeport community on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Members of Calvary Church deliver food to JoAnn (center) and her son James (left) under a viaduct off Archer Avenue and Interstate 55 in Chicago's Bridgeport community on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
The Rev. Ron Ovitt (at left) hugs JoAnn as Orland Park resident Don Weber (right) stands nearby as Calvary Church members visit people under viaducts off Archer Avenue and Interstate 55 in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
The Rev. Ron Ovitt carries donated coats, hats, gloves and blankets to the church bus as members of Calvary Church prepare to depart for a visit to homeless people living under viaducts in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
The Rev. Ron Ovitt (at left) addresses members of Calvary Church as they prepare to depart for viaducts off Archer Avenue and Interstate 55 in Chicago's Bridgeport community Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Orland Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tinley Park resident Michael Burton (at right) listens as the Rev. Ron Ovitt (not pictured) talks before Calvary Church member depart for Chicago's Bridgeport community. Burton once lived under viaducts in the area. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
The Rev. Ron Ovitt (at right) drives the church bus along the Dan Ryan Expressway as members of Calvary Church head to viaducts off Archer Avenue and Interstate 55 in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tinley Park resident Michael Burton outside Calvary Church Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Orland Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
The Rev. Ron Ovitt, pastor, outside Calvary Church Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Orland Park. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Tinley Park resident Michael Burton (far left) talks with JoAnn (right) and her son James (center) as Calvary Church members visit with homeless people living under viaducts in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
Orland Park resident Faith Ondras loads donated coats, blankets, hats and gloves onto the church bus as Calvary Church members prepare to visit people living under viaducts in Chicago's Bridgeport community. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media
JoAnn was having a bad day. On top of the usual — cold, hunger, the absence of a future — she had been stolen from. “People keep taking my stuff,” she says. “My clothes, my meds, my food. I went to the food pantry and …