2007-02-13 04:22:57 · 10 answers · asked by kk 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
I worked at a soup kitchen for a day on Thanksgiving. We helped to serve the food. It's not much, but it was gratifying to help a little.
2007-02-13 04:27:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We picked up a "bag lady" who turned out to be a young pregnant woman trying to get to another city to catch a bus for Amarillo. We took her home with us, fed her, and gave her a bed for the night. The next day we drove her to Wichita Falls, Texas where she caught the bus to her destination. She was homeless because her ingrate husband had walked out on her - she just needed a little boost to get back to family. She was homeless for about a month and on the road hitchhiking most of that time. By the time we picked her up, she was pretty well frazzled out needing rest and refuge from the cold. Before she left on the bus, we gave her all of our extra money (which wasn't much, but all that we could spare). We have never heard from her again, but pray that she has started her life again, and hope that what we did made a difference to get her back on her feet.
2007-02-13 12:34:35 · answer #2 · answered by Doug R 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I work hard so that I AM NOT ONE OF THEM.
That means I am permanently keeping one person from being homeless - me (and those I support directly, and indirectly through my taxes).
You are oversimplifying the process, and you're blaming the wrong people for the problem.
The homeless problem is very complicated; probably 99% of all homeless are alcoholics, drug addicts, or schizophrenics (who refuse medication, and therefore refust to stay anywhere for paranoid reasons).
"Caring about the homeless" doesn't make these people not homeless.
I'm sure it makes you feel good, but it's not fixing the problem.
And yes, I've fed lots of homeless people, bought them meals, given them clothes, even employed them, but none of this kept them from being homeless, because of their addictions.
2007-02-13 15:00:26 · answer #3 · answered by dork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never as much as I wish I could. I sponser a child in Honduras and donate money to our city Rescue Mission. But I always wish I could do more especially for the children.
2007-02-13 12:32:30 · answer #4 · answered by Jodi C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm ashamed to say very little.
yes, I pay taxes, once a month a soup kitchen with my religious
organization. donate clothing.
I still don't do enough and consider myself a very lucky woman.cause anyone of us can be homeless.
2007-02-13 13:41:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pay taxes. Those go to some shelters and water fountains. I have given a bum a dollar to go buy beer
2007-02-13 12:27:49 · answer #6 · answered by Apple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paid alimony
2007-02-13 12:30:39 · answer #7 · answered by newmexicorealestateforms 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I get my video camera give them 10 dollars each and video tape them punching each other. I then sell it on the internet for 50 bucks a pop.
2007-02-13 14:01:15 · answer #8 · answered by Johnny A 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
How about 30 % of my income going to the govt to help pay welfare, food stamps, ect ect ...Is that not enough?
2007-02-13 13:04:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
By not adding the no. of already homeless people...I try and keep myself "with home" rather than "without"...
2007-02-13 13:08:52 · answer #10 · answered by boston857 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋