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Busy organizing students for the University-Lutheran (Uni-Lu) Homeless Shelter's holiday events, the Uni-Lu volunteer director says he would rather stay out of the limelight. But fate, and The Crimson, prevailed...
...just so happens that Seider is trying to get the word out that the shelter's in need of volunteers, because even at a College where one in four students participates in public service--and even more pass Uni-Lu on their treks to and from the MAC quad each day--Uni-Lu's supply runs dry as winter break approaches...
...reluctant as he is to talk about his time at Uni-Lu, Seider is a well-spoken, and seasoned, speaker. Seated in his room in Eliot House, the two-year Uni-Lu veteran can easily toss off descriptions of nightly duties, along with instructions to volunteers. What advice would he give to a first-time volunteer...
Painting a picture of Uni-Lu duties in broad strokes, Seider describes the difference between the soup kitchens he's volunteered at--which just serve meals--and shelters like the student-run Uni-Lu, that offer the homeless a warm, safe haven from the streets of Cambridge...
...holidays can be a really hard time to be homeless," says Seider, who also volunteered at Uni-Lu along with about 30 other students during winter break last year...