Homelessness In Abile Research Paper

Homelessness in Abilene
It is the morning rush hour, a homeless man stands at the curb of a busy street, hands stretched out, holding a dirty cardboard sign with washed out words written in marker reading, “No home and hungry, please help and God bless”. His clothes are ragged, his hair oily and unkempt. This is his spot. People drive by; most look away, some acknowledge him. Many people turn away thinking this man is a failure, a bum who needs a pack of cigarettes or an addict looking for his next fix. The sympathetic throw down a few quarters; they have done their good deed for the day. Many people see the homeless as outcasts. Though the question arises, isn’t there something wrong with a society that has so much poverty amidst so much …show more content…
A program that would allow students to donate money out of their own personal accounts, possibly bean bucks. Say if forty-five hundred students gave ten dollars to a bean buck program, they could use that money to help the homeless by feeding them, giving them shelter, and clothing them. Fundraising is another great idea to raise money for a good cause because many people need that extra help. ACU could easily have a fundraiser with food, games, and various attractions to lure people in to raise the necessary funds to provide people with the …show more content…
Then there are the types of homeless people not willing to make an effort to blend back into society. These people would rather see how much sympathy money they can obtain before they head back to the same place they sleep every night to be ready to go back to the same spot they were yesterday. Sign in hand, arms outstretched, asking for a handout is how many homeless go about their daily lives instead of using the money they have accumulated from handouts to go find a