Welcome to the Coconut Hut, where the unsheltered find practical gear and advice for surviving the long, cold winter.
Welcome to the Coconut Hut, where the unsheltered find practical supplies and advice for surviving the long, cold winter.
Tables are set up in a semicircle and people come in to pick up sleeping bags that guarantee warmth to 0 degrees. There are hygiene kits, warm clothes and hand sanitizer to burn for warmth. Thank you notes from people who have received donations cover a table at the Coconut Hut, at Wasatch Community Gardens' Green Phoenix Farm, on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.
Some people gather their friends and show up with a hot meal for people living under freeway overpasses. Others, like the, provide meals to people living on the margins. The work grows out of a public desire to “do something” — to help meet a need and to supplement government programs and policy in addressing a seemingly endless tide of homelessness.“We need a lot of basic needs taken care of,” said Andrew Johnston, director of homelessness policy outreach for the Salt Lake City mayor’s office.
The farm is just a few blocks northwest of the Rio Grande Depot, where other social services are offered, and focuses onthrough job training and mentorship. Graduates of the Green Phoenix Farm’s program also volunteer at the Coconut Hut.
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