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               As I stepped around the corner, I saw a flood of people, waiting for help. I was shocked at how many people were homeless. There were at least 20 people begging for food. I was in charge of the soup and I was overwhelmed with the amount of people wanting to eat. They were asking for seconds and thirds, which was hard because we didn't have a lot of food. Most of the people were men, there were very few women. There was one huge dark man wearing all white, without one speck of dirt on his clothes, asking for a bite to eat. I was surprised at how clean he kept himself. It was almost like he just showered and stepped out of his house, but he was starving. Rachel, a blonde and hilarious girl, told me that he comes here every week and he tells the same story about how he became homeless. Most of the stories I hear are about drugs and acohol, but a few are just because they were victims of the economy. It was terrible, yet an eye opener that there are people who need help.