Never give money...
give food.
-_-

I met a guy whose wife had been abusing him and he left her and was living on the streets. I let him stay with me a couple of weeks, helped him get some of his stuff from his wife, feed him, let him use my phone, took him to church with me, paid for his bus ticket(s) so he could go back to where his family is. I am all for helping people out, but I will not give money to people who are too lazy to work for it. He had fell on hard times, but he helped out around the house. He cooked, cleaned, etc.

I try to never give out money. I have given out food, I have even let them shower at my residence before. Of all the bums I have ever helped, I know of one that got a job. Started working as a grounds keeper on campus.

I don't think I've ever seen a homeless person in my area, the only time I really remember seeing homeless people was when I was a kid and on vacation in California.

well i atleast tryed.
some old dude come near me and said he was hungry and need money.
then i want too take him too lunch and buy something good for him.
turns out he was only interested in money. dirty beggar proably richer than me

I almost always give them an item (e.g. meal, clothing, gasoline) instead of money. I find that the most important thing I can give to homeless people is time and caring. Someone to talk to who will listen and try to help goes a long way.

I avoid doing so, many of those people actually ignore opportunities of improving in life due to conformism. Even if it's not my job to judge them, I believe there's no other solution but leave them at the government's mercy. Particularly avoid begging kids, cause those are just being used by their parents as means of getting some easy money, when they should've been at school. Not that many homeless people here in Germany, I'm speaking mostly from my experiences in Brazil.

There was a homeless person that basically lived in a bus stop about two blocks from my house. My mother would drop him off a few peanut butter and jelly sandwiches whenever she went out, and if she wasn't going out she would have me walk them out to him. He was a nice guy actually. We did this for about six months, then he just up and vanished one day, so we hoped he got taken to a shelter or something.

Homeless ... something can come sooner than you think ... and if you listen to the people ... tough stories ...

Yes, I give the homeless kids cookies.

Honestly, I don't even see any in the city I live in now. I know they exist, I just don't actually run into any. Probably because I don't live near downtown and avoid going there.

I will donate food to shelters and clothes and stuff like that to Goodwill as long as I'm not completely broke. I'm glad to help the poor when I can. However, I have also seen a lot of abuse of the systems that exist to help such people so the money often isn't going to people who truly need it, but people who are just too lazy to work.

Yes, help a fellow human being out if you can.

People are being so political in here… At the end of the day, we're all in this together, despite everyone going about life their different ways.

Don't be a dick.

yes i gave some of my clothes win i out grew my clothes sorry for english

No.

Yea i have,like once,i had 20$ and saw a poor lady,homeless,with a baby girl,so i passed by then i felt bad so i went back and gave her 20$ she was happy,and NO she wont buy drugs/booze D:

A few of you seem rather hostile to homeless people. Having been homeless myself, I know not all of them go out and use your money to purchase alcohol, drugs, etc. While there's a good chance they're going to use the money to feed an addiction, think about it before you wave them off and walk on. If you still don't want to give any money, that's fine, consider buying them something they need that's harder for them to buy alcohol with. Food, clothing, etc. They still might exchange it, but there's a better chance they will use it. It's easy to so, but don't judge them all the same, as many are just people like you or I, just with many more issues.

I've helped many, but not recently. I'm not really in any condition to help right now.

No, I did not. They're too creepy.

Don't care if they spend it on alcohol, I drink beer myself, so why shouldn't they?

Does it count if I was REQUIRED to work in a soup kitchen? IF so then yes.

There is this guy near my school.
He has 2 dogs and his homeless.
He grabbed a piece of bread and about to eat it.I froze for some odd reason. After that he took a huge breath and gave the bread to his 2 dogs. I took some of my lunch and gave him a sandwhich.
Truestory

It's hard not to want to help when you think about how fortunate we are in comparison. I admit a lot of times I'll look away when I see a homeless person, but generally, if they ask for money I'll give them some if I have any in my wallet. I assume that has a lot to do with guilt, but I hope it also comes from compassion as well.

I just want to add, I think helping homeless people on the street is commendable, but what's probably more effective is helping them through an organization like soup kitchens, shelter networks, food banks etc. I believe it makes more of an impact when efforts are combined and minimizes the risk of being taken advantage of.

Yes, I helped at a church to feed the homeless. They were nice and some where rude, but I couldn't blame them. It was a nice experience :]

i remember times where i give a homeless persons like 10 dollars, not sure if that counts

yeah with food and money and sometimes a glare.