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- You know, it's really
been pretty incredible.

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We are very fortunate in that
we have strong relationships

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throughout our community,
throughout the state,

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and throughout out region.

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So, you know, now with everyone kind of

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focusing on us and the work that we do,

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it's been a wonderful
opportunity to kinda highlight

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how we're meeting the need in our area,

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and we feel very fortunate that you know,

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at least for this point in time,

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everyone's focusing on foodbanks and

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the good that not only the foodbanks do,

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but our network agencies,
and our partners are doing

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every day of the year, pandemic or not.

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An average day at the foodbank,

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you never know what you're gonna find.

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One of the things I
like to tell people is,

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you know, I hope you like to stay busy.

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A good pair of walking
shoes is always important,

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so it's kinda depends on what work

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you're doing here at the foodbank.

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So, in general, it starts
with food deliveries.

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So, starting at about 7:00 a.m.,

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we start getting deliveries of food in,

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we're making deliveries
out to our food pantries,

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we're packaging up orders,
we're getting boxes packed,

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getting boxes shipped.

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Without the National Guard,

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we would not be able to
do what we're doing now.

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Foodbanks all across Ohio,
and all across this country,

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rely on volunteer groups coming
in to help make sure that,

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you know, boxes are getting packed,

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food's getting distributed
to people that need it.

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One of the interesting
aspects that we see with

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the pandemic is that it
has sort of disrupted

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that traditional model
for us getting work done.

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We have about 20 people
that work full time here,

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and that's everything from
our administrative staff,

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to the people who drive our trucks,

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and we have a 10 county
region, 3700 square miles.

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Best numbers we have 50,000
food insecure people.

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So, without volunteers,
we can't meet that need.

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Right now with what we're seeing
with the volunteer numbers,

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not only is it volunteers
not coming out but,

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also for the health and
safety of our clients,

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we're actually discouraging volunteers.

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So, having the National Guard
here has been instrumental in

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us being able to feed
people across this region.