Readers of the Chattanooga Times Free Press contributed nearly $40,000 in 2023 to the newspaper’s Neediest Cases Fund, which helps members of the community who have fallen on hard times with one-time assistance to get back on their feet.
Recipients typically request help for necessities such as housing costs and utilities when unforeseen circumstances leave them, through no fault of their own, unable to make ends meet.
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Amid inflation, donations to the Neediest Cases Fund are down compared to previous years.