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Photos: Union Gospel Mission provides lunches for Chattanooga’s homeless

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Volunteers distribute food and clothing at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, December 24, 2021. Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Volunteers distribute food and clothing at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, December 24, 2021.

By Matt Hamilton December 24, 2021 1 min read

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Mission provides lunches for homeless

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Debbie Rodriguez gives out hot lunches at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, December 24, 2021.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / The Rev. Jon Rector, Union Gospel Mission executive director, leads a prayer at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, December 24, 2021.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / The Rev. Jon Rector, Union Gospel Mission executive director, talks to the volunteers at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, December 24, 2021.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Volunteers lay out clothing to be given away at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, December 24, 2021.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / From left, Merry Brown, Debbie Rodriguez and Sabrina Bell give out food at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, December 24, 2021.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Cathleen Laskowski, back, Kelly Nel, and De'Jha Billingsley, front, lay out clothing to be given away at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, December 24, 2021.

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Susan Galloway, left, and Linda Russell prepare desserts at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, December 24, 2021.

Volunteers from the Union Gospel Mission gave out hot lunches and clothing items to the homeless at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on Friday, December 24, 2021.