Just five percent.

The celebration of 70 years of the United Way of Hamblen County is more than a vertical stroke on a timeline. The decades of supporting nonprofit agencies in the community have ensured that essential services have continued regardless of financial challenges, with more than $60 million raised to date. Over half the population of Hamblen County is, directly or indirectly, impacted by a United Way agency.

Now the challenge is for the United Way to meet its 2025 campaign goal. As the Citizen Tribune went to press, the fundraising effort still needed about $38,000.

“We are coming up short of the goal right now,” United Way Executive Director Gary Matthews said. “In recent years, we would have already made the goal by now, but there are local economic situations that we we

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