Being Kind to Animals AND Our Homeless

We need to do this for the new

We need to do this for the homeless,not just animals. Over the Holidays several of us "adopted" ten homeless and their children and put them up in a hotel over Christmas.We provided meals paid in advance to either be delivered or could be obtained from a close restaurant.Toiletries were provided, and wash was accepted by another vendor at a very reasonable rate, so they could leave with clean clothes, and accoutrements.Many were staying in cars,tents around town, or in shelters when there was room.It freed up the bed space in the shelters to take more people during these rainy/cold snaps called our" Florida Winter". Foreclosed properties,barns in rural areas,and abandoned city buildings have been used for shelter.
I didn't know there were more people around the city that thought as I do.We are working out of our own pockets for the sake of humanity.What I didn't expect to hear was how the churches about town had refused each one of these people more than once for help.Sometimes area hospitals,and private clinics were sheltering people but that was against policy.We found several doctors that would treat without charges and keep this a private matter.Many were sick children,and the chronically ill with diseases like asthma,rheumatoid arthritis,and of course HIV and Aids.If you've been to jail then you've probably got Aids. A nasty thing infected inmates like to do is spit in food.Nice,huh?
One of the many problems these destitute people face with homeless shelters is that help comes with a price.I won't bad-mouth.or recommend because of potential litigation.In order to get a piece of bread you must do something in return.It could be work,praise the Lord of a particular cult of religious beliefs and rituals,or recruit others.Many prefer panhandling,or the black market trades to selling themselves for any reason.That's quite different from our CEO's,Bankers,and Wall Street.That's a whole lot of difference in our Congress.It seems the homeless have more to teach us than those with pockets full of money.Kindness matters is a cliche',but the truth.Kindness is a virtue that cannot be taught,memorized, duplicated or sold.