Students, faculty and community members gathered on Sproul Plaza to present UC Berkeley freshman William Chui and Golden Bear Café cashier Verna Watson — affectionately known as “Miss B” — with this month’s Chris Kindness Award on Feb. 13.
Chui was recognized for founding the Stooping Club, which he began by collecting usable items left on curbs, photographing them and posting them online for free. Stooping Club now includes 20 branches across six countries, and at UC Berkeley, he has partnered with the campus’s housing and dining to divert items discarded during student move-outs away from landfills.
Watson, a cashier at the Golden Bear Café for more than 20 years, also received the award for her kindness and signature knitted caps, which, over decades, have cemented her as the glue that holds together the Berkeley dining community, according to Jason Maddy, general manager for campus restaurants.
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