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The New York Times > New York Region > New York Region Special > The Neediest Cases: With One Dime or a Million Dollars, Finding a Way to Help: "n 1928, when Virginia Miles was 12, she made her first contribution to The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, donating her life savings - 10 cents.
'It really was a sacrifice,' she said. 'You could go buy a lot with 10 cents in those days. You could buy so much penny candy it would make you sick.'"