“Father, in the name of Jesus,” Efrain Cotto prayed Wednesday, minutes before the first seating of a pre-Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless and hungry at the Salvation Army headquarters in North Philadelphia.

“We need your help. We can’t do this alone.”

Besides Jesus, Mr. Cotto, volunteer coordinator for the Salvation Army and a local pastor, could have used a couple of dozen more volunteers.

Read the rest in this Philadelphia Inquirer article.