The Times News Rescue Fund is asking for your support to help the Salvation Army deal with a significant increase in requests for help.
âHow did we get here?â is a question Major Jayne May and her staff have heard time and again as new families come in seeking Christmas assistance for the first time in their lives.
âNine times out of 10, it was because of COVID,â May said. âThey would walk in and theyâd look like a deer caught in headlights. Just to see that sense of confusion in their faces and their eyes was heartbreaking.â
The Rescue Fund, in partnership with the Salvation Army, provides holiday food assistance to hundreds of families in Lee, Scott, Wise, Hawkins and Sullivan counties.