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Jul 8
This is incredible. It took me awhile to take a look see at this site, remember we spoke at TARGET where I work? Its a brilliant idea and I hope this turns into something HUGE, a project that everyone wil know about. God bless.
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Jun 22
i was in boston yersterday and i can't tell you how many homeless people i saw, it is just not right and so sad, no one should ever have to lie like this, do what you can to help others becuse if it were me homeless (i am not of course!) but if it were me i would think in my head "there will never be home i am just going to die on the streets" god bless
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Jun 22
no one should be homeless not even the evilest people, help others and if it where you homeless
treeat other like you would want to be treated, forgive other and love one another forever.
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Jun 15
To comment on the "homeless help resources"... for the most part they are non-existent. Really. It's difficult even to get food. I used to think that help was out there for people. Just try looking for it when you really need it. Churches, agencies, etc; they all have their "guidelines" and rules. I found that help comes mostly from the ordinary person, someone who is a stranger to you. As for friends, we all think our friends will help. I helped people, but when I needed it my "friends" scattered like roaches when a light is turned on. I had no family, just me. I'm glad I still had my car and my little cat. We made it but it wasn't easy. My mother was a courageous woman. When she passed over two years ago she had nothing material to leave me, but she left me something extremely valuable. Her legacy to me was that she taught me to stand on my own two feet. So I made it through. I had to add this to the post I wrote before this... I'm a 58 year old woman. I had the home, the money, the car. And then it was suddenly gone.
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Jun 15
A homeless person can come from any walk of life. I used to have a nice home, lots of money, a beautiful car. Life was good. Then a few unfortunate circumstances and I was out of the loop. I try to tell people, "it can happen to you in a heartbeat." We need to remember that. Not all homeless people are druggies or lazy people who won't work. Once you get down to the bottom it's extremely difficult to get back up. It's a vicious cycle. There are some very educated people who are homeless; the only thing standing in their way of being back in a home again is a job. But without a home, you have a very hard time getting a job. Even people who rent rooms in their homes want first and last month's rent and a security deposit. People don't seem to realize what it really means to have no money. I'm okay now; self-employed and living with a friend I made who was a perfect stranger to me when I was homeless. He said, "we're here to help each other." It's a concept that's largely forgotten.
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Jun 14
I hope that from this, people will be able to understand life from a homeless person's view.
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Jun 6
i fell sad about the people that are homeless cause they dont have a house and food to eat beacuse they live in the streets that why they are called HOMELESS cause they dont have a home to live in!!
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May 29
Amen to your words, "Why bother trying to help the homeless?" Right on, you are. The idea to furnish cameras may just show someone a hidden talent and help them gain self-esteem. This, in turn, could motivate them to try one of the homeless help resources. I am working on a research paper for school and your site has moved me to a deeper compassion than I already had. God bless you HUGE for your heart -- I see HIM in you. Loree Thompson, Middletown, OH
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May 29
Thank you for what you are doing...no, REALLY.
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May 23
Wouldn't it be cool if all the homeless had a Yamaha Rhino to go zipping all over the city? They could use the rear portion for haul all their stuff, use the passenger seat for their dog, and be able to access any parts of the city in style.
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May 2
this is sad im am rich i want to give them money
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Apr 30
names Wildmike ws homeless 9 plus years likely to be so again. How many nhomeless people have cameras? how can one see through the eyes of another person whos reality you dont share.
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Apr 24
When will we understand that the way we treat our brothers and sisters that are down and out is our primary purpose in life.By not helping we insure our own destiny of education through life that will surely at some point be taught.Give and it will be given unto you.Love and you will be loved.Even if this homeless problem is through drugs and alcohol these are mental illness problems that deserve our love and attention too.Not to mention a great portion of the homeless are in fact mentally ill.This attitude has not changed since my time in 1973 mental institution.Still treating mental illness as a demon to be avoided.React with kindness and understanding or suffer the effects of life as it teaches you through a brother or mother.I am suffering again as a victim of mental illness the worlds attitude has not changed since we were putting them in cages down in the tunnels of Fairfield Hills mental hospital in Conn.Keep ignoring the problem our boys are coming back from Iraq and you beautiful people will disown them too.
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Apr 21
I became homeless for about seven months. In 2007....I had retired with 33000.00 plus a paid home in Canada...I was fine all my working years.. now 62 at time I planned to retire in 2006 march.....in Jan. 2006 I came down with hemroids suffering with that damn thing for a bit not knowing why I was hurting...my actuall retirement time was march 3 2006..and my insurance covered me til a month after....mind you all my years working I never used the insurance and in my day we had those that covered almost 95%.....however with the pain in my rear thinking I had an infection somehow?...waited til feb. 2007 to get to a doctor in the hmo...derectory..meanwhile my children found out I had left work earlier than.. march 2006... and asked me if I could now stay with my grandson born nov.2005...I did that willingly...but the pain was ouch ouch ouch!...so I finally went to a doctor for help..while I was still on the insurance from the co. where I worked there was no resolve for my affliction...One doctor even had the nerve to want to know what he was going to do...My reply was.." I am not a professional..I am an unskilled worker who managed to work 'til I retired...If you aked me about what I know I had to tell you...and would..BUT! seeing you're the doctor.. you must have gone to medical school...don't you think you should have some answers)....he shut up a bit than proceeded to give me creams and ontiments...liquids to drink and after about 2to 400.00 $...worth of prescriptions that never worked...became angry time for the insurance was running out and the money I had was going and not helping...I let the doctor have it...finally they agreed what had to be done and it was surgery that needed to happen...thankgod that is over except the medical bills were about 10,000.00, that and the law when me and my grandson were playing but though we really didn't do anything wrong the issue of a one and half year old boy with his 64 year old grand pa playing after we got out of his day care session for and hour posed a threat to the bitch who's running it mind you the boy only wanted to play with toys he'd seen out side in the yard he had been in the kids session only 10 minutes before not like we went up the street to find a place to play he just didn't want to go home yet...he made more sensce to me then the bitches running that group..you have to get out of here you have to leave..now..but my grandson was crying he wanted to play sure you could throw him over your shoulder like a bag of potato..but he is my 1 year old grandson...and he crying made sense but poppa....I only want to play with them I don't want to hurt any one.. how do you answer a boy asking you that question ( i mean at the time of virgina tech shooting no one worried for two hours about it here is a 1year old and a 64 granddad playing with his grandson that only minutes before we where...in a play group inside....anyway the cops wlfd. came three squad cars three cops one pulling out his gun already and that scenario cost me the rest of my retirement money to get an attorney that would never let me speak like a grandfather to the judge...after all that I had to sell some of my property because I no longer ahd the money to support myself luckily I amde out good in the selling price because I paid off all my debpt and got back into things again yes I was homeless....and the only fear I had was my children and/or family finding out luckily no one did...I need a job part time but every time I get one somehow I am asked to take care of my grand kids and I star having to loose time from work so I quit now and then...and then there're some homeless you can not trust in front of you let alone behind your back....the shelter..only allows you to stay a maximam of 45 days then you have to go that maybe less safe and it isn't open all year round....how do some manage just incase I am there again
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Apr 21
The homeless can not be stereotyped. Some are homeless because of laziness. But many fall and need a helping hand to get back up. Medical, foreclosure, bankruptcy, personal disaster -- any number of personal tragedies can result in a homeless state. People are people and we are all related. Each of us can be that helping hand in some way. Nice job with this web site in awareness of the problem.
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Apr 17
Lovely idea, its very interesting to see what the invisible portion of society takes interest in, often the images are remarkably solitary, lonely, but what is rather strange is that they are neither sad, nor are they seeking the pity of viewers. It is a humble, honest and dignified series of images. Fantastic idea.
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Apr 10
Homeless or not, they are all God's children! For those of you who think homeless people can do differently, your exactly right however for some homeless people it is a way of life. Some have choosen to live as they do, others didn't. Some are addicts, alcohol & drugs, violence at thier past environment, illness, must I go on? As human's we don't agree with alot of issues that we are faced with however helping someone regardless of thier situation is the thing to do. The USA comes to the aid of other countries so why can't we assist and defend our own? Help the person next to you. If one person is helped you have made the difference. You can't look at a person and know the crisis' they have encountered in thier past. Homeless people are not the only people that steal, rob,assault, and beg! We have television personalities, politicians, government employees, and gosh, corporate Americians take from working people while they look into your eyes! Come on, help those who may be suffering, for those who may just need a kind word.
I have worked in the homeless assistance network for over 10 years and everyday I meet wonderful person that just need to know they are loved and yes they are those who maybe choose to not be honest and really doesn't want your help but they at least know when the time arrives they do want to choose a better life, someone can help them. Never look down on someone unless your giving them a hand up! These pictures are as beautiful as they are sad. Thank God for those of us who know where home is.
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Apr 4
I work with the homeless. They don't want to help themselves; they have entitlement issues. They make up excuses as to why they can't work or why their last job fired them; they take the money they make panhandling, doing day labor and from the job you carefully lined up for them and blow it immediately on drugs, alcohol, ciggaretts and junk food. The majority are simply addicts. Others are mentally ill and addicts. They "shelter shop"; this means they go from facility to facility so that they don't have to take responsiblity for themselves, or work, or pay bills, or make anything of their lives. They get prescriptions and trade pills with each other; they are given bus passes and sell them to another homeless person; then buy beer or drugs. It is a lifestyle. They like it. You can't help them. The few that are truly unfortunate you do not see... because they are with friends or family until they get on their feet. These people have lost all their original friends and family ties because of endless lying, stealing, criminal activity... they are devoted to their addictions, and a lifestyle that revolves around handouts. Sorry to burst your altruistic bubble. If you saw the criminal history background checks in their files from all the shelters they have lived in for years, you would not be so full of naive altruism.
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Apr 1
The problem with telling a street homeless person to go to the employment office (whatever that is) is that they have no phone, no address, no decent clothes, no hygienic facilities. Result is no job. They can't "help themselves", rather need help to rise above homelessness IF THEY CHOOSE TOO.
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Apr 1
so many people think we haveto give them something. Yes i feel bad for them but i think they can work. I mean just go to the employment office.
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Mar 31
Hi homeless people it seems like noone understand why we are homeless it is usually because of someone else that we are homeless all the good so called people that want to take us in then tell us to get out, this has happened to me so many times. I have been homeless because I belived in someone then i move in because i have no place to go and after a little while they say get out get out. I think everyone in the us should be homeless for just one time in there life then they would know what it feels like. Its not fun kinda scarey, and if you are a women its worse. I have never smoked or drank or done drugs in my whole life.
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Mar 31
People think they are helping a homeless person by taking them into their home. They think they are helping this person well I got news for ya this is just a quick fix. Because in less you help this homeless person to get his own place and and a job then you havent helped this homeless person because when you let him go from youre place he will just be homeless again. And also the people that take homeless people in dont really want this homeless person there long. So in less you plan on letting this homeless person be apart of youre family or find him his own place and know someone that wants to hire him or her, then that is the only way a homeless person can be helped other wise if you just take him in you're home for just a week or two then tell him or her to go. so I ask you this how have you helped, guess what you havent helped.
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Mar 28
Sell these pictures! They are great art work. Merely displaying them is a shame when so much money can be raised to help homeless artist such as these. Once more, sell these artistic photos to the demanding public.
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Mar 10
I am about to help out a city house teen shelter even though i am yet a teen!
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Mar 6
These pictures should be showing how the world should be helping these people, in need our our help.
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Feb 29
These homeless people pictures are awesome and inspiring. I'm going to do somethin nice for a homeless person today.
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Feb 26
Homeless.... It seems to me that people who don't have a home are the lucky ones! Think of all the bills that are related to housing. Free to do what you want, when you want is appealing I would think. Learn some basic survival skills and you might see things different. "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change". Now before you slam me with whatever, I too was homeless and my camping skills made it fun and very comfortable........
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Feb 26
this is very sad. i can't belive somebody would do this.
Livin in the streets is just not right.!!!
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Feb 26
people care some do some don't
keep trying to keep safe.
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Feb 26
I feel bad for you people and children i hope some people will help you i will.
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Feb 25
Back in the old days, if you didn't fit in, you went west, became a mountain man or such, if you survived, you became a legend, if not, you were forgotten. Either way, you got a chance to live your own life on your own terms....not possible today. You say homeless, I see mountain men, explorers, legends, heroes, unrealized due to the loss of "habitat" for free men. Animals are not the only endangered species due to loss of habitat, the free man is nearly gone. The drones are wining!
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Feb 23
I know there are homeless people and I also know there are people who pretend to be homeless...They can get involed with any church and they can get help,unfortunity I know there are people who abuse that too.
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Feb 18
I'd love to have a frame poster of the bike rider against the evening sky. That is a beautiful picture. Thanks to whoever took that shot.
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Feb 14
oh...
well i am the 13 year old girl and.
If i could help i would!!!
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Feb 12
its the gov. that wont do anything about it they dont care they think that its their fault that they are homeless when its because of the high pirices on homes.
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Feb 8
Hello Age 13, It is not that nobody realize it. Most people are too busy to help. Homeless is caused by array of things and some people beleive they can never fall in that position.... If we understand the definition of homeless then we tend to know people who fall into the catagories. Homeless has been going on since cowboy days. People realize it when it hits home.
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Feb 6
Iam a 13 year old girl..and iam doing my report on homeless people and it just amazes me of all this stuff tht is going on.! and nobody really even realizes it.!
it's just sad how people can ignore all this!
Gosh..iam glad tht i did my report on this for my skool..but in a way iam sad!!
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Feb 4
I was homeles in san Jose for over a year. it was like bein trapped in a box. Wish someone would have let me take some pictures of what I saw and lived. Thanxs to a specal couple, i was able to leave that life behind.
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Jan 28
remember the poor
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Jan 22
I am a 17 year old woman when i was 14 i chose to be homeless for years not because i thought it would be fun but because i couldn't handle living with day to day reality.It felt like no one understood me and no one cared. there are so manny thing that bring people down fisicaly and emotionally and they are found in schools, appartments, even in your own comunity.Some of the biggest causes of run aways is the affects other people have on us.if everyone was nice and respectfull to every one else there would be no one feeling unwanted,unloved
and uncared for.I have met manny good and bad people living on the street all
from different back grounds. the thing that suprised me most was lost of theis people reminded me of others from my comunity. it made me realise that everyone is the same in sidethe out side is whats different. so some of us chose to be homeless for our own reasons if we knew of a better way to deal with problems i'm sure mmost would have chosen it. So next time you say we chose to be homeless or we wouldn't do good if some one helped think of how everyone is hunam, loves and needs to feel security. if it were some one you loved or cared for out there on the streets would you want to help or just have no heart and leve them alone and un loved.
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Jan 17
These homeless people pictures are no different than what I can take and I live in a home. I don't get it. What's the point?
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Jan 16
The photos of these homeless people are inspiring. Each one says so much about the condition of homeless people in America today.
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Jan 11
Hi my name is Ty and I'm doing a paper for my school on th homeless and this web site is such a huge thing that has strickend my heart. I belive that one day i will make a difference and bring a positive forture for those the less fortunate.
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Dec 29
THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE DEC 13, 2007 DIED. HE WAS SLEEPING ON THE STREET IN 20 DEGREE WEATHER AND DIED FROM PNEMONIA. HE HADN'T EATEN IN 4 DAYS. SAD JUST SAD
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Dec 28
Hi Im lee.
Im doing a story on homeless people for my school and i think this website is good for it. I want more people to think more about homeless! I want them to give food and selter.
The first pictuer that you have well in my ownway i think is means having fun living life the way you want it to be.
Well keep up with the good work and help people understand what homeless face.
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Dec 23
great job
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Dec 13
I'VE BEEN HOMELESS FOR COUPLE MONTHS. I HAD A HOME A 2006 CAR AND WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED. BUT HAD A SKITSOPHRENIC MOTHER WHO KEPT HARRASING ME AND MY FIANCE AND HER CHILDREN FOR OVER 15 YEARS I DEALT WITH MY MOM'S ILLNESS. IT DROVE ME OVER THE EDGE AND INTO MY HOUSEHOLD. PLUS I WAS A CONVIVTED FELON AND GOT FIRED FROM MY JOB AND NO OTHER COMPANY OULD HIRE ME DUE TO MY RECOED. WITH NO INCOME THINGS GOT BAD. THE CAR GOT REPOSESSED. WITH NO CAR WE COULDN'T GET AROUND. THEN ME AND THE FIANCE HAD A FIGHT. I WENT TO JAIL. WHILE IN JAIL MY MOM GAVE MY FIANCE MY EX GIRLFRIEND'S PHONE NUMBER AND THE EX TOLD HER WE WERE SLEEPING WITH EACH OTHER WHICH WASN'T TRUE. BUT MY FIANCE BELIEVED IT AND GAVE THE APARTMENT UP AND TERMINATED THE LEASE. I GOT OUT OF JAIL AND TRIED TO MOVE WITH MY MOM BUT SHE WENT SKITZO AND BLEW $17,000 IN 12 WEEKS. SHE GOT EVICTED AND LEFT THE STATE TO HER SISTERS AND I'VE BEEN HOMELESS EVER SINCE. NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY TO LOOK FOR A JOB NO WHERE WILL HIRE ME. BECAUSE OF MY CRIMINAL RECORD OR I LITERALLY LOOK LIKE A BUM.A FRIEND OF MIND GAVE MEHIS CAR BECAUSE HE FELT BAD WANTED ME TO GET BACK ON MY FEET WHEN I WENT JOB HUNTING AT THE LIBRARY A MAN SMASHED HIS TRUCK INTO THE CAR AND THE INSURANCE HAD JUST EXPIRED THAT VERY DAY.JUST MY LUCK SO THE CAR WAS TAKEN AWAY.I PRAY THINGS WILL CHANGE BUT IT GETS WORSE. I'M THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE CITY. I HAVE TO STEAL FOOD JUST TO EAT. AND SINCE I CAN'T SHOWER PEOPLE GET REPULSED ANYWHERE I GO. I SLEEP IN A BATHROOM IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND STARE AT THE GUN EVERY NIGHT. BUT HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL CHANGE IF THEY DON'T THEN LIGHTS OUT FOR ME
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Dec 7
It is an outrage for so many people to be left out on the street with noone to help them or console them in their time of need
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Dec 5
Give me a break. They are homeless by choice!!!
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Dec 4
It is society, in its current form, that is largly responsible for the homeless problem.
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Dec 4
How dare you say hoeless are leeches. They didnt choose to be this way. You know with the way our economy is going it could be very easy you. So when you want to bad mouth someone that is homeless . Maybe you should investigate on how they ended up in that situation. I will pray for your hard heart.
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Dec 4
The homeless are leeches on the legs of society. They dont deserve to be seen.
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Nov 30
Keep trusting in the Lord and he will make away, out of noway!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 27
In a perfect world, there would be no homelessness.
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Nov 21
I really like homeless people because if they are surrviveng right now that means they are one of the bravest peole in the world!
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Nov 16
i really care about homeless people! I am doing a slide show for my school and searching for homeless people. It hurts me to see some of these people
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Nov 16
I realy feel for homeless people now that it is getting colder outside.
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Nov 8
one day i will help the homeless people
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Nov 5
awwe i think all thows rich people should give money 2 the poor
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Oct 28
Help support your local homeless organization www.icfth.com
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Oct 23
Thats so sad. I am so greatful to have a home to sleep in every night compared to what others have to live in.
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Oct 23
TO: living in my vehicle in central PA .... head for Lakeland Florida and go to the Lighthouse mission. Ask for Don. Tell him Charlie sent you. He'll show you around.
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Oct 23
I'm live in my vehicle in central PA. Getting cold so I'd like to head to a warmer climate but know that the police in some counties will make you disperse. I usually get a cheap gym membership so I can stay clean. Anyone know of a safe place to park in South Florida?
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Sep 25
Ft. Worth, TX My son found himself homeless after being addicted to drugs and stealing from us. We have a lot of money, but he could not come home and expose his little brother to this behavior. His friends finally ditched him and he ended up sleeping behind dumpsters. He lost everything except the clothes on his back. I took him to the Salvation Army and since his wallet had got stolen he had no picture ID and they would not let him in. Result of 911. Now no one is trusted. After several months he told me he would give anything to work, get off drugs, and just go home at night. So I called a man I had never met or talked to (only heard of him) and he took him in for 8 months. He took him and got his drivers license back. He got a job at Wal-Mart, saved up and purchased himself a car. From the day that man got him off the streets, he hasn't touched a drug since. I was sick for not being able to help him. But he later told me that if my husband would have allowed me to help him he would not have changed. But there is NO help out there for boys ages 17-21 that is to old for childrens homes and to young to sleep with grown men stealing the shoes off their feet while they sleep in mens dorms. There is all kinds of help for women, children, elderly but little for young men. All my son needed was a way to start over. If this man would not have helped, he wouldn't be alive today. It is hard to get a job when you can't shower, shave, brush your teeth and then have a way to get there. Plus you have to have ID's and a SS card. My son had lost everything!!!!!!!! Now he is doing great! 3 years going strong. The people out there needs one person to be assigned to them to help them get the paperwork they need just to be able to get a job and then go from there because everyone's situation is different. Someone has got to help Ft. Worth's homeless. I give all I can, but someone has got to put the money to programs that work. MS
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Sep 21
im not so sure that homless people are so comfortable with their situation,Ill admit that i live from pay check to pay check and I am
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Sep 19
why are people homeless i know because of poverty. But what is the govenment doing to get them off the streets. why give them tickets when they cant even pay for them????????? We need to get homeless people off the streets
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Sep 11
I relly like the pictures you took I just hope the homeless people would have chose to be something better!
From Juliana Waco,TX
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Aug 29
In your photo text you say some desire the lonesome independence. ALot of us stay in situations that are painful or bad for us because we know no other way and the unknown scares us. I don't think they desire to be homeless, I think they know no other way so they just say they like it. Just like abused women do. Fear and lack of knowledge and mental illness are just some of the reasons.
Juju
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Aug 7
I like Juju's comments. I agree that you can "give them housing (and even jobs), but until you change their thought processes they will continue to be homeless." Homelessness is as much a state of mind as it is a physical circumstance. To many of our programs for the homeless or substance abusive are aimed at "rehabilitation" when they should be aimed at "transformation".
As a person progresses in homelessness (or addiction) his social circles become more and more constrained, until he is largely associating only with others who are homeless or addicted. All a homeless person will learn form another homeless person is how to be a "better" homeless person. Shelters and Rehab programs do not provide an answer. Prevention and education will.
Brilliq
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Aug 6
I hate being homeless and scared
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Jul 26
I work with the homeless in So. Calif. and it is sad that the resources are so slim. The average citizen assumes the homeless have many resources but that is not true. the few resources available have criteria that most homeless don't fit into. I do not see any programs for intergrating them back into society such as: How to deal with the high cost of living, how to make better financial choices and how to deal with the trauma of being homeless. You can give them housing all day, but until their thought process changes they will return to homelessness. Agency's claim to be doing so much but they are not doing what needs to be done. More and more people are becoming homeless and they aren't just criminals, drug addicts and mentally ill. They are your friend, neighbor, coworker, family member who just lost their job, or became disabled, or made a bad financial decision. It could be you next!!! I have written to local Government and have been ignored... Government needs to step up and do more then just a bandaid.
JuJu
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Jul 10
i feel you
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Jun 10
Caged in cars or caged from the freeway. We all live in cages of our own choosing.
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Jun 9
The joy of living without a home is soon lost when the realities of the elements begin to take hold. These photos show that kind of environment. Wow. Really great stuff here.
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May 30
IT'S SAD TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT HAVE SO MUCH MONEY AND WOULD RATHER SPEND IT ON CARS, CLOTHES, AND MATERIAL THINGS INSTEAD OF HELPING PEOPLE WHO CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO BUY THEMSELVES A MEAL.. I WISH I WAS RICH CAUSE I WOULD TRY MY HARDEST TO GIVE TO THE UNFORTUNATE.....GOD DON'T LIKE UGLE THOUGH AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO LOOK DOWN ON THE HOMELESS WILL DEFINATELY HAVE TO ANSWER TO A HIGHER POWER ON JUDGEMENT DAY AND MONEY ISN'T GONNA BY THEM OUT OF THAT!!!!
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May 21
Of all the homeless that I have know through the years most of them want the lifestyle they have. It is not an easy life these folks are tough. There are bad days but in general they do what they want when they want to do it. The picture of the railroad track isn't the dead-end it's which way do they want to go today, left or right.
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May 19
This says it all. I also Agree With this Person.****Apr 10, 2007
I agree. Reminds me of the overused story of the guy who is vacationing at the ocean shore. One hot afternoon as he's walking the sandy shore line at low tide, he sees someone off in the distance pick something up and throw it into the water. Again and again the person would bend down, pick something up, and toss it into the ocean. As the two drew closer together, he saw the person was picking up starfish that were stranded high and dry in the hot summer sun. Again, the person would pick one up and toss it back into the ocean. As they approached each other, the man asked why he was picking up the starfish and throwing them back into the water. "Because if I didn't, he'd die", came the reply. The man looked at all the many miles of deserted beach, then said, "That won't make a bit of difference with so many miles of shoreline and all the many starfish stranded on it. The person is silent as he reaches down, picks up another starfish, and tosses it into the ocean. Then he says, "Makes a difference to that one". --- Helping the homeless requires helping one at a time.
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May 19
I agree with this person. I have alot of homeless friends and they do have issues (mental/addictions, and have just given up) they are all kind hearted people too, but some just need a step up ( a bath or a ride or just a meal) and I can't help everyone, I have a family to feed. you can't help some one who dosn't want to help themselves, some of these people do but can't and some of them don't want to.
Mar 12, 2007
A large percentage of the homeless population are chemically addicted, have no insurance, no opportunities to turn their lives around, and have given up and accepted that way of life. As far as getting a job, would YOU hire someone who hadnt bathed in weeks or months? Or was drunk/high? Or possibly mentally disturbed? And even if you were kind hearted enough to take a chance and hire them, how would you contact them to let them know they had gotten the job? No phone/address. They are not lazy people who just dont want to work, they are unfortunate souls that have fallen through the cracks of our biased and overly politically correct social services system that hands a immigrant with 6 babies anything they want, so they can continue feeding off our taxes and spewing out more babies to suck the welfare system dry, but a working age white american who just needs a little help to get back on his feet and become a CONTRIBUTING member of society, is on his own.
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May 19
Life's a garden...DIG IT!! Keep on keep'n on.
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May 18
wish there were more photographs...excellent site concept
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May 18
There should be a different word other than "homeless". These people just have larger homes than the rest of us. Their home is an entire city, state, etc. Maybe we should refer to them as outdoors people.
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May 18
The black & white images are good. Love the one of the bike rider.
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May 18
The homeless are also "GODS CHILDERN" So we should love,As Jesus walked among.Love all you guys...
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May 16
It's far too easy for someone to categorize the homeless as simply lazy. It's far more difficult to actually look at the some of the causes of homelessness: poor education, mental illness, bad parenting, drug addiction, sexual or mental or physical abuse etc. Are there some that take advantage of the system and are shysters? Of course there are. But it's easy to forget as we type on our computers that not everyone was as well equipped for life as we are.
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May 10
Hurray for more voices! We love to think that the internet is this beautiful "global village" that "everyone" can contribute to, but there are huge groups of people who don't have access. _ Rose from Calgary, Canada
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May 10
im not so sure this represents the homeless community as it looks like alot of these pictures were taken in such a short time period, maybe if it spanned a whole year itd be alot cooler, give em like 4 rolls of film, or every few months give em a new one...the only problem is getting a mailing address...
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May 1
Reality describes what is like real. Real is real. So these photos are real.
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Apr 30
Reality TV not. Reality photos yes. These need to be displayed in the real world in a real gallery
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Apr 30
youve been found. -- unknownhighway.com
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Apr 30
Thank Gog for sites like this. It's a breath of fresh air when it comes to reality.
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Apr 25
I found this site after reading the Mail Medford Tribune article on "Downtown Dan". Between all the photos here taken by the homeless and the indepth article of life as a homeless person, makes a nice compliment to each other.
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Apr 10
I agree. Reminds me of the overused story of the guy who is vacationing at the ocean shore. One hot afternoon as he's walking the sandy shore line at low tide, he sees someone off in the distance pick something up and throw it into the water. Again and again the person would bend down, pick something up, and toss it into the ocean. As the two drew closer together, he saw the person was picking up starfish that were stranded high and dry in the hot summer sun. Again, the person would pick one up and toss it back into the ocean. As they approached each other, the man asked why he was picking up the starfish and throwing them back into the water. "Because if I didn't, he'd die", came the reply. The man looked at all the many miles of deserted beach, then said, "That won't make a bit of difference with so many miles of shoreline and all the many starfish stranded on it. The person is silent as he reaches down, picks up another starfish, and tosses it into the ocean. Then he says, "Makes a difference to that one". --- Helping the homeless requires helping one at a time.
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Apr 10
Nowhere is homelessness more invisible than southern Calif. It would be good to include homeless from there. So many homeless get lost between the cracks of govt help and faith based responses.
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Apr 6
No, not a route to no where, rather being railroaded out of town like so many homeless must feel like.
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Apr 6
I like the train track shots. A route to nowhere.
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Apr 5
What a unique idea this is
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Apr 5
Interesting how the photos from Florida by Kim are so much different than the photos from the 5 from Oregon. Seems to be more of a social network in the photos from Kim.
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Apr 2
The time is surely coming when homelessness is a national issue.
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Mar 30
I think its a great idea and puts your own life totally in perspective not only that the photos are great they look quite professional, keep up the good work!
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Mar 29
I was homeless almost 3 years ago now... circumstances (not drugs or alchohol) led me to a point where for almost 6 months I had nowhere to go but my car. Yes I could have approached my family and friends for help which I did incrementally but the shame and embarrassment I felt outweighed my ability to ask for help. I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
Today I am gainfully employed and helpout as often as I can those who I now understand much better.
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