Yes.I give ( with the parent's permission and understanding) simple kits to children ranging from a whistle to a simplified psk to a cub scout. There is a growing segment of the population you won't find being polled on CNN. The homeless are often out in inclement weather,hungry,scared and seemingly more invisible than the latest camoflaged poncho. It is easy to dismiss many as substance abusers, mentally ill etc. The folk singer Utah Jack Phillips has a definition for tramps,bums and hoboes. It never included children,PHDs, war veterans and divorced women. In our economy it pays to be nice to people on our way up the ladder of success. We may easily meet them on the way back down someday. <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />