If by homeless shelter, you mean, full time lazy ass incinerator, I would be willing to invest money into that. Why don't you go work at a homeless shelter first and get to know the people, I guarantee a year of that and you will hate the 'homeless'. I used to volunteer as a kid (16 to 18), when I didn't know any different, at homeless shelters. I thought I was helping the less advantaged, It wasn't until I grew up and realized that 99% of those people were just lazy fvckin losers who refuse to get a job, take a shower and show up to work on time. There is almost NO reason for anyone to be homeless or jobless, everyone is capable of working at McDonalds or on a shrimping boat or a cruise ship or driving a forklift. There are TONS of jobs out there and TONS of people who don't want one. Once you get your head around that, you'll see, that homeless people aren't worth a dime. In my 'shelter' I would work cooking for those bastards and serving coffee. A lot of the time they would come and throw the empty cups at me, ***** and complain and tell me the food sucked.... FREE FOOD. When Tim Hortons delivered a cake and dozens of donuts they complained and refused to eat the food because it was 'day old'. These are people who consider themselves to be perputually hard done by. Their contribution to life amounts to eating government provided meals, smoking a couple packs of cigarettes, drinking a bottle of booze and getting a welfare check. You can't help them, they don't want your 'help', they want your money. They aren't going to thank you in the end, they just want your free stuff, they would steal it from you if you weren't looking. 1st world 'poor' are the most un-greatful sacks of sh1t you will ever meet. My wife, she was REAL poor, as in 3rd world poverty, no money, no food and no education. She managed to survive long enough to get herself into a good job, learn english and marry me. She is a true survivor and she refuses to take money or beg. True poor people don't have a government hand out to count on at the end of every month, true poor are just fighting to survive. You are only going to encourage gimme-dats to stay jobless longer by handing out free stuff.
Jesus helps those who help THEMSELVES. You can't help someone who doesn't want to contribute to society. Drug addicts and alcoholics are on the street for a reason, they fvcked over enough family members to be tossed out (I know I have one in my family). Bums are on the street for a reason, they probably have a drinking problem through COMPLETE FAULT OF THEIR OWN. Lonely homeless bag ladies are crazy fnkin LIARS and portray themselves as poor people. Listen man, I have NEVER been out of a job for more than a few days and I've made it all around the world and back again on my own dime. I still see the exact SAME people at the shelter going on 20 years, that were hanging out there when I was a kid. In 20 years I've managed to fail out of high school, WORK my way around the world, go back to college, get educated and get into a TRADE here locally. I attend school once every 2 years and have a laundry list of jobskills. Why in 20 years couldn't one of those half wits have done 1/100th of what I've accomplished? Christ, I've only been back in the country 6 months and I already have 2 jobs and another offer after being fired from a job. My wife arrived for the first time in Canada with so-so English and got a job in the first two weeks. So please, if you have any money to donate, buy a house, rent it to people who matter and forget about the people who don't. Homeless people are on the street for a reason, THEY BELONG THERE.