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Christopher Robin has been dealing with homelessness since 2018 when he lost his job and was going through a divorce. He has a background in computers and technology, and for many years he climbed very tall cell towers to install the equipment, and had contract jobs working fixing computers.
Getting work has become more and more difficult, as he has a degenerative eye condition that first appeared in his late teens, that limits his vision and means he can no longer drive or do some tasks. He has a small disability income, but half of that goes for child support, leaving him with only $700 per month to live on. He is hoping he can find someone who has a spare room to rent for a low price, but so far he hasn’t had any luck and has been at Camp Hope since New Years.
He puts his knowledge of technology to good use in the camp, and he has rigged up small battery-operated personal fans with a USB drive and rechargeable battery pack, to help keep people cool on the hot summer nights. When it is 100 degrees outside, it is 135 inside the tents, so blowing the fan across a big cup of ice acts as a cooling device and gives people a few hours of cool to help them sleep.
Because of his vision issues, he tries to stay out of the bright light at during the day, and he often volunteers for the nightshift duty in the Camp Hope security shack, which is staffed by residents 24/7. While he is alone at night in the cool of the shack, he can recharge battery packs for other campers, and tinker with the technology that he likes fixing up.
