Do you ever give anything DIRECTLY to the homeless?

Question

(face-to-face)

Answer 1

Occasionally I give them some money.

Answer 2

Yes. Coffee, pastries, matches, napkins, gloves, aspirin, cheap bags of oranges, dog food for their pet, bottled waters and loaves of bread.
Breaking a loaf of bread with a person in need is like praying x 100.
It is important to always look a homeless person in the eye. Even if you decide to say No, at least recognize their existence.
The issues now being exposed to the treatment of war veterans are just a drop in the bucket. Many of the homeless people I encounter in SF are war veterans outed from VA hospitals.
Some were put on the street from the closure of state mental hospitals. Other homeless I have talked to were dropped from assisted living programs for veterans and ended up going broke.

Answer 3

yes I have many times I've even given a wonderful homeless person the chance to get back in touch with his family What a wonderful feeling I've personally had the opportunity to personally help or give to 49 homeless people at one time or another

Answer 4

Yes. I have many times. I go to down town (and the slum area too) to do some of my exams, and I often come across homeless people. I give them money and/or food to eat.

Answer 5

On Christmas, I used to buy a 40 oz beer for each of the three guys who hung out by my business. I would take a swig of their vodka or whatever they had, and we would talk. They were cool guys. One of them is dead and one hasn't had a drink in 10 years. The third guy went back to Michigan. I'm in CA.

Answer 6

I gave $100 bill to one on the freeway off ramp,, it was a good feeling

Answer 7

Yes.