Unless you've been hungry for more than a few hours, you don't know what homeless people struggle with every day. They never know how or when they'll eat their next meal. Hunger affects their ability to concentrate and function, making it more difficult for them to find ways to help themselves. Follow these steps to help them.
Instructions
1. Pack an extra sandwich in your lunch and give it to someone on the street. This is the most personal way to feed them. Homeless people enjoy the nurturing that comes from homemade food just as much as anyone.
2. Order extra food at lunch or dinner and ask that the waitress wrap it up. Make sure you've got extra eating utensils; then give the meal to the first homeless person you see. While not as personal as offering homeless people homemade food, it's a nourishing hot meal that will quiet hunger pangs for a few hours.
3. Find out where there are food pantries, food banks and soup kitchens. The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program has a list of organizations who feed the homeless.
4. Locate the organizations, churches and agencies that provide food for the homeless and type these on sheets of paper to distribute to homeless people.
5. Donate nonperishables to food pantries and food banks. Make an effort to buy some every week and make a trip with your children so they understand that not everyone has a full refrigerator.
6. Give money to local pantries and organizations such as America's Second Harvest, which partners with businesses to feed homeless people.
7. Give your time to organizations that feed the homeless. Pick up food donations if you've got access to a car. Make meals if you like to cook. Serve the food if you like to interact with people.
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