Homelessness Hits Home

How wonderful to see something worthwhile in the newspaper. We usually see the evil and this is refreshing to see people who are showing love and concern for those less fortunate than they are and locally, to boot. We all need to stop and think about what we have and not so much on what we still want. Don't get me wrong for I am guilty of doing that...thinking of what I still want. But I love to have my morning coffee on my front porch and reflect on my blessings. I sit out there and realize I don't have to fear hearing gun shots, not from a war and not from a drive by drug-dependent person. I won't say it can't happen out here but I realize how fortunate I am. I have enough food to eat although I can't go out to eat at a restaurant often and when I do, I get the cheapest thing on the menu. I have a roof over my head and a bed to lay down on at night. I have a car for transportation. I have eyes that still see and ears that still hear. I am so blest. And I love to see and read about good things and hope the Vindy will feature such articles more often. Let us know about the good things folks are doing and put the evil on the third or fourth page of your paper. We have a lot of good people in ths valley and a lot of them are our teenagers; let's hear more about them...please.

OTOH, if the government would stop creating and expanding artificial incentives that encourage lay-offs and cross-border bodyshopping and off-shoring there would be fewer homeless US citizens.

I know of a couple - homeless under Market St bridge- they had a rental home secured for them but at that time they chose to remain under the bridge in tents.

Good job kids , THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU

I previously worked for an organization that helped the homeless secure housing. The majority of them could care less about housing and are concerned with getting their alcohol or drugs for the day. There is a serious mental illness among most addicts, and they don't want to be helped.

These children need to be educated to the problems of mental illness and substance abuse, which are the major underlying reasons for homelessness. The mentally ill ones usually have a severe distrust of authority and choose to be on the streets. We used to do the "Christian" thing and put them in institutions but the courts ruled that you couldn't keep them against their own will. The addicts don't care about a roof over their heads, they are only concerned with getting more drugs. So they remain on the street where they can beg, steal, or sell their bodies for money. And not to eat or find shelter, but to get more drugs. For the druggies, sorry, but you made a terrible choice in life.

So, it makes a wonderful, "feel-good" story that makes these kids, and their parents, feel like they are actually doing something positive. They are truly accomplishing nothing of any lasting value. Hopefully, they are learning not to make wrong choices in life, listen to those in authority, and become productive members of society.

I sure wish some of you guys would go and volunteer at some of these shelters and kitchens . Yes, some do not need to be there or need help ,but most do .
In this kind of work you can not pick and choose who needs help . Plus in some places it is the rule or law that you can not turn anybody away . If you think someone who likes to live under a bridge or alleyway is doing it so they can get a free meal . Then God Bless You because you need it.

The first of the month when the welfare checks come out, please look at lottery sales booze sales, porn sales. This is where the majority of money goes with these type people.

"“The worst thing about being homeless is probably the feeling of insecurity, of not having a place to call home,” Nick said."

I would guess sleeping where one defecates is the worst thing.