lack of funding among those organizations who typically attend to such needs. Also, many homeless and other marginalized groups do not have access to proper medical care, nourishment, clothing or shelter. Many homeless shelters that do serve the needs of the homeless are often underfunded and overcrowded. By volunteering to do community service of this kind, a vital economic function is served at the same time the real and basic needs of the unfortunate are met to some degree.
Psychologically, performing community service offers benefits to the needy as well as those who give their time, effort and caring to the community. For the needy, volunteering to spend time, money and other resources with them demonstrates that they are not as hopeless as many homeless believe to be. It also shows them that someone does care about them even though many pass them by without so much as a second glance or thought. In this way it helps enable their self-esteem and well-being to the degree that the
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