This is the second day of interssetion and it is the first day we go out on a field trip. It is March 4 2008. Half the class is going to the landfill and the other half is going to Saint Vincents de Pauls homeless shelter.
When we got to the shelter a woman named Rosaline took us on a tour from the meeting rooms to the bed rooms. i learned a lot from this experience because i learned that a lot of homeless people look just like any other humans, yes some are dirty but only because they dont have a place like Saint Vincents that have showers and beds its not like they choose this.
By the time the tour ended i had a diffrent opinion about poverty/homelessnes. This field trip was really impacting and not only for me but a lot of my classmates also.
When we left Saint Vincent's we went around downtown and handed out lunches that we made that morning to homeless people on the streets. I think this part of the day was my favorite part because the gratitide people had and the hapiness that showed on there faces when we offered them a blanket and a lunch was incredible. It was a real joy to get to do something like this that probably made someones day and it only took less than half an hour out of mine.
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