TUPELO – The sudden overnight termination of thousands of United and Lane furniture employees has brought out the best in northeast Mississippi residents.
The CREATE Foundation, in partnership with United Way of Northeast Mississippi, established a special assistance fund to help employees and the Salvation Army reopened Angel Tree registration to help their children.
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