Have you ever helped a homeless person?

I bought a homeless person lunch once. He was very grateful.

The biggest problem for homeless people is that they don't have a sustainable source of income. So to help them, I always make the suggestion that they get a job. Because of the poor conditions in which they live and how easy it is to develop hearing deficiencies, I usually say this quite loudly, so that they do not misunderstand me. I also say it with a scowl so that they do not approach me with the impression that I have a position to fill myself... would that I could :-\

home is where the heart is. so your real homes in your chest

The way I see it if comes up to me saying they need help, they need to be pretty blatantly lying for me to say no. I'd rather do what I can and end up having been ripped off than turn away somebody who was actually in need.

I've donated to charities to help poverty and homelessness, I've given homeless people food, and I've volunteered at homeless shelters. I don't give homeless people on the street money.

When I used to work downtown I gave the homeless guys food pretty often.

Yes. And on top of that my sister is homeless. By her own choice, but homeless nonetheless.

No, but i helped a schizophreniac buy a coffee.

Food and drink long time ago. Nowadays it is harder to help homeless people here because most of them are addicted into crack.

I stopped helping homeless people. I use to give what I could, till one day I gave a lady I passed on my way home from work daily a 5er that I couldnt really afford to give but did anyway. Next day she proceeded to accost me because I couldn't give her any money. Also there is a group of people that dress up in rags and go about begging/ panhandling for money in my area. Just makes me sick.

From time to time I do but never money. I ask them whether they want to buy some food and if they ask for the money I move on because they would buy alcohol or cigarets.

I have when I can, and I've been homeless and had random people help me.

I'm sorry. There aren't any hobos in my country.

Yeah. I've bought some dudes some food in the past.

yep... back when i had a decent job, i gave a homeless guy $500. Tried to get him the money and i was over my daily limit for atm withdraws, told him to wait till 5am. We hung out till then, he totally didn't believe that I was going to come through. Took out the cash when I could and he shat brix.

I suppose I'd have to say yes, having been homeless myself for over a year. Anytime I helped anyone at the shelter I was at I helped a homeless person. I'll be homeless again come April so I suppose I'll be helping more homeless people yet again soon enough.

Nope but I would if I could, in the city I live in you can see a homeless guy once a year so I didn't really see a lot of homeless people only 1 or 2.

No. Never done, never will.

Yes, happens almost everyday. I live in Budapest and there are, unfortunately, alot of homeless and poor people here.
I usually give food, knowing that they will have food instead of buying other things for the money.
Some people "warn" me that some of the people are not homeless, they are just faking it. I don't care. If someone is sitting begging for money or food, they get my food. But okay, I'm not buying a fancy dinner for everyone, but I try to carry around some fruits to give away.

When I have a few nickels and dimes I'll just gibe them away. Some times a dollar or two. What really turns me off are "homeless" people who beg for more from you after you give them some. I gave away 3 dollars before when a guy asked for 2 and then he said it wasn't enough. I called him a greedy fuck and knocked the cup holding the change out of his hands

I lived in the UK for a couple of years, and there were plenty of homeless people there. Never helped with money, but I've often bought them a Big Mac meal or a cup of tea/coffee and sat down for a quick chat. Cost me close to nothing, but hopefully brought a bit of sunshine into their day :)

There's this man that sometimes sits outside of a local McDonalds, I bought him a coffee once.

And this one time I gave this homeless dude a blanket and pillow on a chilly night. :o

Apart from the odd bit of change, not really.

Having said that, there have been three occasions where I've been around a homeless person lying out in blazing sun, wearing way too many layers, face going purple. I went and bought a couple of bottles of water, got the guys up into some shade, and make sure they get hydrated. On two of the occasions, I basically had to bribe the guys with a couple of cigarettes to get them to cooperate....

But hells; sunstroke is no joke, and it'd hit me really hard if I was to ever know someone died near me when a simple act could have avoided it.

yes during floods when there were homeless guys every where i helped a bunch of guys

not if they have arms and legs