Efforts to provide Tennessee’s low-income residents with free wireless phone service could help save lives in Chattanooga, one community activist said.
James Moreland, chairman of the East Chattanooga Weed and Seed initiative, said several area residents are elderly and have incomes so low they must choose whether to buy food or medicine. A free phone could help them, he said.
“I know several seniors who can’t afford to pay for a phone, and if they get sick, they could perish right there in their house,” Mr. Moreland said.
Sprint wants to partner with local nonprofit organizations to distribute cell phones and 200 minutes a month of phone service free, company officials say.
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