Does America want to help those suffering hunger and homelessness or is it simply an issue that will remain ignored in the bigger picture? We have gone over various shelters in our hometown, what and who they focus on. Some of these shelters have interesting programs to get their clients back on their feet, which usually tends to be temporary fix. The question is, are these shelters enough to help the San Bernardino county decrease hunger and homelessness. I think about Redlands and try to figure out how the hunger and homelessness issue is being treated. I have not seen many homeless shelters and if there are they are hidden so most homeless cannot find the help and resources they need. I try to understand the way in which shelters work, because each shelter usually holds 6 to 10 men and women for an overnight bed stay and works their other facilities/departments during the day. Why only host beds for that little amount of people. I believe that hosting overnight stays for a larger amount of people will help decrease homelessness out in the streets and will create a better starting point for homeless to recover. Is the attitudes and or ways in which volunteers who help and participate in shelters causing for hunger and homelessness to remain: ‘fix people’, ‘repair’, ‘the other people’. This is a nationwide issue. I just recently have been able to see those suffering hunger and homelessness in New York City and it’s quite a scene. The city that never sleeps, most homeless are hidden in subways and occasional in parks. I have seen the signs and it seems to me that the homeless here are blunt, they will tell you what they will use the money for.

All the politicians who are running for position talk about helping clean parks, the water shortage, and things such as cutting budgets from different fields, but where is homelessness mentioned? Many argue that they do not want to see homeless in the streets, but no one in higher authority wants to bring this issue to the table. New resources are available but why isn’t this issue an important subject of matter in the United States.

The resources (i.e. shelters & programs) are their but are they being used properly or to their full potential?