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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all of those who give directly to panhandlers, you are enablers. Give directly to a charity who will provide food and shelter not continue to enable these panhandlers to buy drugs, alcohol, or not contribute to society by not working.

You feel good about yourself after giving a few bucks so why not walk by the soup kitchen or shelter and give a few bucks to them to buy more food. Stop enabling!![/quote]

It’s not enabling to help someone directly. I work near a park that is a food drop off location for a local charity. It’s ok to give more. It’s not a dopamine hit, it’s seeing a direct need. I talk to people living rough in my block. I give when I can, sometimes it’s part of my lunch.

Sometimes it’s acknowledging someone by saying hello and asking what they need. Often they say they’re ok. That they have things handled. Whether that’s true or not it’s our agreement in that moment. so many people look past the homeless. They’re still our neighbors. Figure out how to get comfortable with this. The circumstances aren’t always for us to understand and it’s not really our business. Support organizations that support folks in need. Call the shelter or emergency line if someone is in trouble (to hot, cold, in crisis). Be a decent human.

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