My friend has given alot of them $1 or some loose change. But all the ones i've met i've given cigarettes and even gave one a bag of tortillas that i found sitting on the newspaper stand at ingles.
A word of advise to all.Just give 10% of your income every month to the needy.You will be blessed financially.Its hard to believe.Just try for a month but with love you should distribute that money.While doing it there should be no stress in your heart.Not even an inch.Try this technique.Also the trick is in not telling any person while you have done or thinking to do it.
That's an excellent idea. My wife and I actually give about 10% of our anual income to various charities. We normally take a 3-4 week vacation each summer. But she's going to be finishing her Master's next summer and wont have time to go. So we're just going to donate whatever we would have spent to charity. Either that or I'll just go on vacation by myself.