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In reply to the discussion: Some things that you may not think about when giving to the homeless. [View all]Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)16. I hope everyone shares it.
Many don't think about stuff like this. Even the newly homeless. The more info that gets out, the more easier it will be for many. Thinking of the little stuff is the last thing many think of when they first become homeless. When they do relies they need it, they don't know how to get it. The need for it is so great that when they go to try and find it, it is gone. I remember trying to get sanitary napkins. It was so hard! I was lucky that another homeless woman happen to get a whole box form her last shelter visit that she gave me some.
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Some things that you may not think about when giving to the homeless. [View all]
Lady Freedom Returns
Dec 2012
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OMG, I have quite a bit of what you list and I do have a homeless "friend" who is paranoid schizo
monmouth3
Dec 2012
#6
With her being a woman a dark blanket can mean the difference of life and death.
Lady Freedom Returns
Dec 2012
#10
Are their no prisons? And the union workhouses - are they still in operation?
Demo_Chris
Dec 2012
#14
I think that is the most over-looked necessity of the homeless and impoverished:
me b zola
Dec 2012
#26
A lot of food banks also do much more, serving as community resource centers
pinboy3niner
Dec 2012
#46
Many cops don't usually bother homeless women due to the lack of places for them in many areas.
Lady Freedom Returns
Dec 2012
#57
If our 1% government cannot provide shelter for the homeless, it could at least
merrily
Dec 2012
#73
Having been homeless myself last year, I can give you a few reasons why...
HamstersFromHell
Dec 2012
#84