Reply #12: i don't know what it takes anymore, I feel helpless

[shireen]

Last year, while driving home, around dusk, from a medical appointment in Baltimore city, I passed by a Catholic church and noticed a bunch of homeless people congregated in front of the church, getting settled for the night. It broke my heart. When I got home, I called that church to find out if there was anything I could do for them. The lady who answered the phone told me that the church let them use the grounds at night because the city did not allow them to spend the night on the streets or other public areas. She directed me to St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore (mentioned in the article), and I've been making regular contributions ever since.

But it's never enough. I don't understand how our society could be so callous towards these people. We should, at the very least, be helping them with basic human needs like food, shelter, and medical care. That should be the definition of "society", of "community", to support each other.