Maribel Perez admires St. Teresa of Calcutta. In particular, she is inspired by the work the woman known as Mother Teresa did. That is why the 16-year-old junior at The Mary Louis Academy spends one Saturday a month handing out bags filled with bars of soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, other toiletries to those in need.
A Midtown Manhattan restaurateur who once slept in a hallway after arriving in the U.S. now opens his restaurant vestibule to people seeking warmth and serves meals to the homeless each week.
Once a month, parishioners of St. Dominic Church welcome a group of special guests to dinner. Volunteers set up tables covered with tablecloths, put out dishes, forks and knives, and place vases of flowers on the tables. Their guests are homeless men and women.
