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Article: Charleston Daily Mail NEEDIEST CASES APPEAL: ; Generous gift to help families get dental care; Annual fund hits record this year
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- December 25, 2008
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
When the Daily Mail's Neediest Cases Appeal was begun during the
Christmas season in 1961, it set out on a mission different from
other holiday charities.
Plenty of charities then - and now - existed to provide holiday
turkeys or hams and toys and trinkets to families in need.
But how about the needs that exist year-round, the ones keeping
families from being healthy, or warm, or properly clothed, or even
able to serve nutritious meals?
The Neediest Cases Appeal sought to improve lives of poor West
Virginians by providing services and necessities that often slip
between the cracks when it comes to charitable giving or social
services.
For that reason, the appeal always has ...