When an atmospheric river threatened the Berkeley unhoused community with heavy rainfall last November, local activist Stefan Kaiter-Snyder got to work.
In just a few days, Kaiter-Snyder parked a “warming hut” on the corner of Eighth and Harrison, which Kaiter-Snyder stocked with piping hot coffee, snacks, a space heater and clean clothes for the unhoused people at the site.
Hand built by Kaiter-Snyder, the warming hut now rolls out to encampments across the city whenever temperatures drop. The warming hut earned him this month’s Chris Kindness Award, according to a press conference Tuesday.
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✍️: Ayah Alsheikha
📸: Sam Clayton
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