I've recently started volunteering at a homeless shelter. I have to say it is one of the most rewarding decisions I have ever made in life.
That's a wonderful thing to do. What kind of tasks do you do there?
We help make sure they are well fed and have a warm place to sleep. We also get to spend  a lot of time socializing with them as well. Some of the sweetest people in the world. Makes it difficult to imagine what could have caused their situation.
I'm sure they appreciate having people to talk to who don't judge them negatively. We have a little "tent city" in our neighborhood and it was just announced that they're going to be removed. That makes me sad because there is a lack of shelters.
Oh wow, that boils my blood! I don't understand why it's so difficult to allow these types of things to continue.
People think that people bring it on themselves, so many have a hard time sympathizing.
Exactly. While some people quite possibly have brought it on themselves, to assume that all or even most have, is nothing short of ignorant and hateful.