If they were in desperate need its theres, even if the need weren't desperate. I mean were all people here and that old phrase "you gotta watch out for number one" is shyte. We gotta watch out for eachother in this world, and if some of us don't step up to help we have no right to wait for some one else to. Things you can provide don't even have to be of monetary value, sometimes the soup kitchen near our house calls when there short on hands and really need help, that costs nothing. A friend may be having a bad day and need someone to talk to or cheer them up, once again why not provide it right? I think people should go out of there way to help but thats to much to be expected from everyone, still I'd be willing to do anything I was capable.