who is there for the homeless?
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I don't know what's available in your area, but in mine there are soup kitchens, shelters, outreach programs...  One of the churches here even provides the homeless with a directory of what's available, with hours of operation and what to expect when they go in.  There are a lot of people who are concerned with this issue.  If you look, you may be surprised to see how much is available.
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health care\n homelessness\nstate services
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im sure if theyd asked they wont be turned away. maybe not all religious buildings have the appropriate amenities to be a suitable shelter. why arent government buildings or public buildings shelter for the homeless?
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Organize a group of people together to feed the homeless that are in the street. There is such a homeless problem in California and not enough shelters to help all of the homeless. There are a few different people/groups of people I have witnessed that have made it their business to make hundreds of sandwiches a day and pass them out to the homeless. There was a lady in Los Angeles who would cook great healthy homemade soups and drive around to the different spots where she knew the homeless people would gather and she made sure they had something good to eat as regularly as possible. But sometimes people can't do that on such a grand scale and it still makes a big difference on a smaller scale sometimes. Just giving something to a homeless person - a warmed plate of your leftovers from dinner perhaps - is a great thing.\n\nWalk up to a homeless woman who is minding her own business, not begging off of anybody, and give her 10% of your weekly income. I met a man one time who did that because he no longer attended church and it was his form of paying tithes. See how big that woman's smile gets. Depending on what you make, you might be able to divide that among 10 homeless women and still get great, surprised, thankful, almost wondrous expressions of happiness.\n\nVolunteer to mentor or assist a homeless person who is not totally beyond help. There are plenty of homeless people out there who look beyond help. Homelessness is a battle of hopelessness. The longer a time a person remains homeless, the more hopeless they feel about everything. People who have been homeless for more than a year become "The Chronic Homeless" and their chances for being able to escape the confines of homelessnes are statistically decreased. Sometimes people just need an address for employment opportunities, a contact phone number for messages, encouragement, food, a safe place to store clothing and personal belongings. When homeless people don't have at least these meager advantages, it can be intensely difficult to make it back into a more normal type of living environment.\n\nBecome a mentor or a Big Brother.\n\nVolunteer to tutor children or speak to children to motivate them to study well so they can become a graphic designer or whatever they want to achieve.\n\nDonate some of your graphic design services or discount as a donation to help non-profit charities advertise events that can help them achieve their goals.\n\nCounty hospitals often welcome volunteer administrative help.\n\n(Just a few ideas - I could go on forever with this. So many worthy causes out there need volunteeristic people.)
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Well the homeless tend to gravitate to large cities where they can blend in unnoticed, possibly find assistance or panhandle.  There are probably no more in cold weather cities than anywhere else, it's just that cold weather brings them out looking for shelter.
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Call the churches,welfare office, or salvation army
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Right here is one thing you do for community service.  Go to www.thehungersite.com\n\nIt is a totally free way to help.  The advertisers on the site send money to feed the poor.\n\n***Tell everyone you know about this!**
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Some church's do make contributions to their local homeless shelters, I believe. I thought of something else though; not sure it is true. Most people that go to church are conservative, more right wing. These types of people (and I'm not dissing them, sort of like this myself) believe more in hard work and picking yourself up by your bootstraps, instead of giving handouts.\n\nThere are a lot of jobs out there, for people that want to work. I would even hire someone to do some work for me, if I knew they needed the money bad enough, like for food or something.  But yes, I know the older and handicapped are needy, but most of these are taken care of by SSI and other government programs.
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When I see a vagrant, I remember quickly that most of us are less than 1 month away from being forced into that situation.  People are homeless for a variety of situations.  Alot of people have mental health issues, and lets face it, this country horribly fails at taking care of its own.
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u should go feed homeless people for a day
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Y not just ask Andrewrox22002? But b sure 2 submit a comprehensive listing of the needs,persons in need,the exact area of Portland & any other relevant information u may deem pertinent.U're doing a gud thing, God bless u & b sure 2 b transparent in ur handling of whatever u're given 2 use 2 help these people! I'm not 2 sure how much response u'll get 2 this quest since there may not b many who'll understand ur quest. having little or no knowledge of Portland & Michael Lee Chin
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my family does every year at a soup kitchen if you know of any homeless shelters in thst area then go and ask or contact family services
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everyone  that call homeless    is with out a home   is because  we  the people  fread  to take them in and take care  of them with out money if u can sit with a homeless man and  have a good convaction with   him or  her  it could work
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY\nSAVATION ARMY \nGOODWILL \nSOME WILL PICK UP
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The Salvation Army maybe?
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very many do. though some homeless will not go to this places because they do not want to hear the word of God. use to help at a shelter and talked to people they do not want to hear about it. also during bad snow storms many city govt. lobbies  are open .
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Theres   too  many  people  out  there  that  have  no  homes  ,  with  grace  of  the  good Lord  lets  hope  they   get  help!