I have started carrying ‘brown paper lunch bags’ with water, granola bars, and cheese/crackers packages in my car. I buy them in bulk and make them up all at once and make sure I have several bags with me when I go by areas I know the people will be. Near one place I drive by often, right at the edge of our downtown, there are small children playing. When I rolled down the car window to hand a man one of the bags, he asked me if he could please have two more. (He could see them sitting on the passenger seat.) I told him he was welcome to have all of them. It breaks my heart that there are people without food and shelter. When a man declines a bag, a can only assume that he wants cash only, which I will not give. I do donate to several charities and feel that the Salvation Army does a good job in my area.