Let's go DO something.

Read this.  Then go here.  Or here.

Other ways to DO something:

1. Call the rescue mission nearest you to find out how you can get involved.  Show up an hour early and plan on leaving an hour after you're scheduled to.  Have conversations with the homeless as the stand outside, waiting to get in.  Bring bottled water, baked cookies, granola bars, patience and a sense of humor.  You'll bless those who cannot bless you in return.

2. Go downtown with a friend or friends (don't go alone).  Buy cups of coffee or a bag of take-out food, find a homeless person sitting around asking for money, share your gifts, and enjoy a conversation.  No agenda, no plans, no purpose other than to be with that person.  You'll be amazed at what unfolds.

3. Is it cold outside?  Go to your closet and grab the sweat, sweatshirt, or coat you keep telling yourself you'll wear sometime but know you won't.  Call up four friends and tell them to do the same.  Go downtown and hand out your warm clothing to the men or women huddled under the overpass or in a doorway.  As you stand there thinking of how cold your nose is, you'll be amazed at the genuine thankfulness of someone whose whole body is probably numb.  And your giving will warm your soul too.

-Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski