Part of what drew me to this post was the homeless people aspect... I'm actually in the screening process right now for volunteering at an area food kitchen for the homeless.
I've had a soft spot for the homeless for a very long time. The way I see it, a lot of us are just one or two life circumstances away from a similar reality....a different upbringing, mental illness, it wouldn't take much. I knew a gal with a master's degree in social work who ended up on the streets. She was beaten up and raped in a low-income housing project where she was helping people. She became an uncontrollable alcoholic, lost everything, and the last I heard of her she was living in the park. Kathy may very well be dead by now. These are all real people with real stories. I never give them money but I've lost track of the meals I've bought and sometimes clothes when I've been approached by the destitute.
I think this Starbucks thing is going to backfire but I'm not against the homeless... there are just some hard realities to this and they're generally not good for business.
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