Do you do anything to help the poor in your neighbourhood?

I do alot of recycaling and also through my work I do alot of charity events where we all bake a cake and then sell it at work to makes some money for a charity or I even make jewleery in my spare time and if I sell them at my work place I always find a charity and donate around 50% of the total cost. I wish I could do more like you however where does it stop if you keept going then you would be poor yourself and at the end of the day every little helps and it may be more than the next person is doing.

well there is a community in town were i live that helps buy giving them clothes ,meals etc but they still out there and begging i dont understand because some of them are telling lies

yes, quite often i do some kind of charity in my locality - i often teach the poor children who cannot afford to go to schools and sometimes i donate my old clothes to these children , it gives me alot of mental peace.

I dont..not because i dont want to or can't but because in all honesty, we dont live in a "neighbourhood" and the nearest villages and towns dont have any homeless ppl....HOWEVER I do do things like donate clothes etc to the Salvation Army and when I was living back in Canada still I did what I could when I could...

I'm considered poor in my neighborhood and I was homeless not long ago and know what these people are going through. I save soda bottles and cans and when I see someone walking by my house collecting them I usually have a big bag to give them.

Dear friends I always try to help poor whether it is economically,socially. Every year on the occasion of festival I distribute foods, clothes to the people who are actually below the proverty line. I tried to help the poor boys/girls by giving them books/copies for their education. Great scholar says that if you donate something to the poor people they will bless you and this blessing is a big deposit which will protect you from all sorts of danger. Each & every human being should spent few portion of his earnings to the downtrodden person for the betterment of society. pkc3000

Across the street from my apartment in Canada (I'm in AZ right now but will be home in a month!) there is a drop-in centre where the poor and homeless go for a meal, and to find work, use the computer library, etc. Since it is right across from my apartment, I have no problems walking over there with a box of donuts, or some food, or something like that.

we donate clothes to a thrift store all the time that helps people. in the city where i live, there is a homeless shelter for teens where we donate clothes to (and sometimes food) we are also struggling financially and we get a lot of hand me downs in clothes, so we do share what we get!

I am considered the poor in my neighborhood however what I do have I do try to give back. I donate anything I have to clothing depots. Any products I don't use I give to people who I think could use it. I try to help out where I can right now and when my situation improves I hope to do more.

We also separate our waste for the garbage boys to pick up and sell the items. We also help in the rescue operations of the social worker in our place to help those homeless, vagrants people roaming the street. We also give old clothes, canned goods and other things to those affected by fire, thyphoon, flood and other calamities. We also help in some fund driving of schools and churches. Me and my friends is planning to put up a foundation for charitable and other activities for the poor and the whole community in need of services.

Being a fellow none-rich person, I do what can using what little I've got. My contributions seem so small. I often wonder how people who are well-to-do can turn their backs to the poverty all around them.

I put things up for offer on a local freecycle website, does that count?. Also i have donated a few times to the salvation army:)

i just wish that these people are just my neighbors.. they could help a lot in our community.. 'Philippines' has lot of people who does need help.. {i wander what the officials did with the money they steal from government funds}.. (if ever you heard the news). $3 dollars with be 3 meals already.. but primarily the real help is giving them a job or a capital to work with so they would not beg and beg.

Well with the price of metal and copper where it is at my family puts out random pieces of scrap on the curb. There as been this couple lately that will come by and pick it up. We assume that they are taking it over to the damp for some quick cash. SO what we have been doing is actually been wrapping it up for them so that it is easier for them to take to the dump. I know its not a lot but it seems like the appreciate it since now we see them every week and talk to them.

I grew up in a not so rich community, we call them here as "barrios" where the "have-not's" and "have's" meet. Though we're now a bit in the middle class of society, I still prefer to be with my friends who are not that lucky enough to taste the life that we have right now. I keep contact with them almost every week, as I'd go to their place and reminisce the times I used to be there. I'd also offer some help whenever I could, be it financial or simply my presence of just being there to support them in any way as long as I could afford. Some have even improved their ways of living, though most of them are still homeless because they do not own the lot that their house was build..

I know it doesn't seem like much or that big of a deal, but when I can afford to I give goods to the local food drive. To me even if it's just 1 or 2 things I always think tthat's it's better than doing nothing. I wish I could do more but money is really tight for us.

Yes I donate food to the food bank, I send my clothes to the church or heart house. We have a heart house in our area that is for the homeless, which is a great place they take them in. Help them get there life together, educate them on work help get them jobs. You can donate all kinds of stuff to this place. After getting a job they allow them to stay for a few months to save up money to help them get a place. At Christmas always give money to help others.