Post #1706964
2026-04-14 08:00 UTC
Replies (4)
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@tempusfelix@wehavecookies.social 2026-04-14 09:00
@scroeser I think the fact that the young are asking and seeing is a positive. They’re not learning to be wilfully blind. A story and an idea. Pre pandemic, when we went out a lot more and especially up to london, and could afford it, we’d carry little cheap cloth bags to give to street sleepers. If I remember, they contained some sanitary pads for the women (we had a few of each), a small bar of soap, a Mylar (emergency blanket), mini first aid kit, a led micro torch and a cigarette lighter. We didn’t put food in, and the whole thing probably cost a couple of quid as we bought bulk from Costco. I’d had bad experiences buying food for street people (memorably one guy outside a hospital getting aggressive and rejecting the sandwich and coffee he’d asked me for as it was the wrong sort of cheese, I’m assuming mental health crisis) and these seemed to go well, especially the thermal blanket. As you say, theres not much we can do for street sleepers, we never know why they’re there and just giving money can be challenging. But these pouches seemed an option for us and we would often hand out a couple each trip. These days we have a crate outside the front door for delivery drivers and postal workers. It contains water, food bars and a few other thank you items (tissues etc) for anyone who needs them. Thankfully we live in an area where the local teens aren’t likely to steal the lot and we know it goes down well. Those folk get worked hard with no breaks and it seems the least we can offer to support them. Probably costs us ten pounds a month and they save us more than that in fuel and stress.
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@lyrial@transfem.social 2026-04-14 09:13
@scroeser@kolektiva.social The US needs millions more like you <3
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@NickSchwanck@aus.social 2026-04-15 00:29
@scroeser It's cool. If your kids see you do the right thing some of the time, they will too. My oldest kid gave a homeless guy thirty bucks some time ago. I'm proud of her.
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@Tuuktuuk@piipitin.fi 2026-04-18 03:29
@scroeser Regarding litter: I've gone afterwards to search and pick two other pieces of litter with my kids. You can't fix everything, but you can fix some things!