Vikings Players Hold Pep Rally at
Harbor Light Shelter

Minnesota Vikings players and defensive line coach Karl Dunbar held a pep rally Nov. 9 at The Salvation Army Harbor Light Shelter in downtown Minneapolis.

The Vikings encouraged a standing-room-only crowd of about 100 less fortunate men and women to word hard and reap the rewards of being reliable, punctual and having a good attitude.

To help these residents move toward self-sufficiency, The Salvation Army hires some of them as paid bell ringers.

Harbor Light manages more than 100 of the 400 kettle sites in the Twin Cities. Its Christmas goal of $805,000 is the highest of any Salvation Army service center in the country.

“We operate the largest program by far, and with a skeleton staff,” said Harbor Light administrator Envoy Bill Miller. “Trying to raise such a high goal takes a lot of great staff. …The fact that we know the homeless and the downcast makes it easier to have loyal people who want to work.”

Click here to see photos of the pep rally.