TUPELO – For the 26th year, the branches of a Christmas tree inside the Chick-Fil-A at Thompson Square will hang heavy with the names of more than 400 residents of area nursing homes.
Store operator James Finley and his wife, Trina, created the restaurant’s Golden Angel program, which is set up like the Salvation Army's Angel Tree program but swaps kids for older adults, in the 1990s to help a frequently overlooked community.
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