buy a homeless person lunch

Was on a field trip to Vancouver yesterday. Didn’t quite do this but I gave a man some candy >_<

Although I live a few bus rides away from it, I don’t visit Vancouver very often. This is where the majority of the homeless people I’ve seen in my short (and admittedly sheltered) life have resided.

Next time I’m there. I will buy someone lunch.

Last summer I was thinking about how interesting it would be to hear the life’s story of a homeless person. I’m always interested in other peoples’ lives – probably because nothing very significant ever happens in mine.

I have to make things happen.
Tell me about the things that came to YOU.

one time a man came up to me on south street and asked for money and i offered him some coffee instead. the owner of the store we were in was yelling at him but i made him able to stay anyway and felt real proud of myself for getting him a hot drink on a cold day and going against the owners who were treating him bad

That’s what I used to say. Why give them money. They are just going to use it to throw their lives away all over again. But how can someone spend money on booze or drugs when they’re not the one spending it. So next time I go to a big city and get asked for money by a homeless person… I’m going to invite them to lunch. It may require me to sit down and actually have lunch with them… but that might be even better than just buying them a meal and then walking away!