My experience in a shelter!!!

Yesterday was my first time in a shelter.What I had always imagine a shelter liked a messy stinky place, but where we went yesterday, it was not a how I had imagine.This place was clean, and there was a lot of free space between each bed.
This shelter had been working for more than 30 years and it was all thanks to the community of Burlington. It all started a Christmas Eve because people where sleeping on the street in the middle of winter, and as you all know here is really cold, but really cold in winter.

This are how the street are in winter.. Do you imagine living outside?

What I most like about this shelter is that each person that lives there they have to help with the chores and they have to be very kind to each other because you see one another really often.
Also, there is  not a limit in staying in this shelter but you should like start looking for a job or studying.
This organization, also, help families that have loss their houses for different reason or they could not afford to pay one any more.
I think in my country there are some kinds of agencies like this one but they don't work the same as this one, because they may be dirtier, messier and have more people.

The majority of people that stay here are from here from Burlington or the near cities, but still there are people all over the US, too.
So my experience in here was really great and I have a great time.The only thing I wish we could have done was to interact with the people in these shelter.
Andrea here and out.
P.S.Christine sorry I could not post yesterday. I just get back and when to sleep,sorry....