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Guard members and Southeast Ohioans share devotion to helping their neighbors

Ohio National Guard Public Affairs

April 7, 2020 | 1:28

Ohio National Guard Soldiers on state active duty and Southeast Ohio Foodbank workers in Logan, Ohio work together to provide food to struggling communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pfc. Jayden Rutter, a Soldier who grew up in the area, talks about how it feels to give back to familiar faces in his community. Deven Berry, who has been working at the food bank for nearly five years, says the communities the food bank serves are no strangers to struggle and coming together in times of need. For Southeast Ohioans, they have always been in this together, helping looking out for one another.

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1) Pfc. Jayden Rutter, Soldier with Company F, 237th Support Battalion. Rutter is originally from Vinton County, which has Ohio's second highest poverty rate among 88 counties, according to the most recently available U.S. Census Bureau statistics (2014-2018).

2) Deven Berry, laborer at Southeast Ohio Foodbank

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