help the homeless

I’m going to begin volunteering at the soup kitchen, but want to do more. I am beginning a project of accepting donations to make the homeless gift packs and blankets. I also want to get some friends together and deliver soup and sandwich lunches to them one day. I don’t know how I’m going to do it, but will pray that God will help provide a way.

Each year, my city has a program they call A Night’s Welcome. This is a shelter program where homeless people travel weekly to different churches for shelter during the colder months. While I work very hard during this program, I want to spend more time truly affecting the heart and soul of those in the program. I want to lift their spirits and help them get out of the program and into a home.

This is one thing that I won’t tire doing. I want these people to know that there are still people who care. =)

HELP THE HOMELESS

haven’t done this lately here n canada. Because im scared of the ” homeless” people. they don’t look homeless to me but they beg for money.. hmmm.. i remember i was in bus depot in edmonton a couple of months ago and there were so many of them. I gave a penny to an old lady becuase I thought she shouldn’t be out there at that time as it was almost midnight. But she didn’t look homeless at all. An Addict? Sigh

I had a bit of extra money this month, so I bought 3 blankets to give to homeless people. I am going to first call a homeless advocate I met a while back, and ask his advice as to where to bring them. I’d like to meet the recipients, but want to have someone bring me.

When I lived in WA, I would always buy a few extra groceries to give to this homeless guy in my neighborhood, but then I stopped seeing him around. I now live across the street from a huge city park with a walking trail and in the morning I see people in the woodsy area off the path, sometimes still lying down. I wonder where are their families? Why have they been thrown away? Whether it is mental illness, substance abuse, or fallin on hard times, they deserve more. I would not want my child to go to sleep hungry out in the cold, the homeless were or still are somebody’s child, don’t I have an obligation?

i want to help the world and donate money or give food to them

I live in an apartment complex. This morning on waking I noticed 2 homeless men going through the dumpsters looking for food or bottles and cans. I wanted to make them sandwiches. When I asked my common law boyfriend what I should do he said, “Nothing, you may offend them by making them sandwiches!!” I replied, ” what could be more offensive to them? Me making them a sandwich or them having to find a meal in a dumpster?” I looked back to see if they were still there and they were gone. My heart sank because I hadn`t helped them when I felt I should. This is still nagging at me. I added this to my list.

This afternoon as I was walking in the street, some few children approached me and hysterically asked me if I could give them the bread which I was eating. Good thing, I still had one left in my bag which I then gave them. They didn’t appear to be homeless to me, but I knew they are poor. They didn’t thank me, but that was okay with me. Perhaps they were just too shy to say thank you.I observed them from afar and saw them share that small bread with the rest of the children. I smiled.