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...native of Needham, Mass., Seider is no stranger to working with the homeless over the holidays. He describes volunteering at soup kitchens during Christmas as a "family tradition" that both he and sister Wendy Seider '00 carried with them to Harvard. Wendy, also a regular Uni-Lu volunteer, may not plan on returning to campus during break, but Seider--always the volunteer recruiter--says he will most likely be "dragging her along" with...
...Seider says his sister chose to get involved with Uni-Lu on her own, just as he did. Thanks to the enthusiasm of a prefect, Seider started volunteering at Uni-Lu soon after he arrived at Harvard. Despite his initial aversion to "being in charge of or comping anything," Seider's deepening interest in the shelter lead him to become more involved...
With little experience working with the homeless other than the annual holiday trip with his parents and sister to a local soup kitchen, Seider says he had to learn a lot during his nightly shifts--which span from 11 p.m. to morning and allow for "about four hours of sleep." But the time paid...
During nights staffing with three other volunteers at Uni-Lu, preparing meals, playing checkers or just chatting with nightly guests, Seider says he has gained a "deeper understanding" of what homelessness means...
...pretty shocking," Seider says of the life many shelter guests are forced to lead. Staying at Uni-Lu for a week and then traveling among other shelters in and outside of the city, some guests do return to Uni-Lu, Seider says, often enough to "get to know a few characters...