The Homeless Need Heat Too!

At some point, we all forget that homeless people are real people too. There are homeless people that have lost their way and do not know how to communicate with people that they just need a place to get them off the streets. They instead beg for money, food, or anything they think is worth having and when they do it in an aggressive way, we tend to feel unsafe and become unwilling to help those kinds of people. I am honestly guilty of this simply because I get begged all the time while I am in Memphis and for the most part the begging is aggressive. I do not have much to offer myself; however, it is important to realize that all homeless people do not deserve bad treatment just because they are homeless. Homelessness is an ongoing problem that needs to be addressed because there are more homeless people than there are shelters and this presents an even bigger problem because homeless people could die from being in all the weather elements. Hotspot for the Homeless (#H4H) is a great way to help homeless people because it gives them somewhere to go when they have nowhere else to go, especially when it is cold. Every winter when I walk into the house and my heat is on, I thank God that I have the opportunity to have a warm place to go. Homeless people deserve to feel the same way, and the Hotspot is a great product to do just that. You never know what the weather might do at night, so it is important for anyone to stay cool and dry so they can maintain their overall health. Of course the Hotspot will have to have some regulations in place, but I think once people put themselves in a homeless person’s shoes, they will be more understanding of why this product should be placed somewhere in the city. Not to mention, if homeless people congregated here instead of outside of a gas station or on the street, we would not feel so threatened by them because the Hotspot would be their go to location when it is cold at night or the elements of the weather are too harsh. It is just as important for homeless people to be warm and safe as it is for us to be warm and safe. Hotspot for the Homeless is a great way of not only giving back to the community, but also giving life to those who may not be fortunate enough to sustain their own.