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Local Red Cross Helping Out Victims of Hurricane Matthew

A local Red Cross team is heading to the Eastern Seaboard to help feed the victims of Huricane Matthew. 

The two volunteers said their goodbyes Thursday after packing up at their Red Cross Kearny Mesa headquarters. 

The team is driving San Diego's Emergency Response Vehicle cross country to Columbia, South Carolina, where they will be part of a national response providing emergency shelter and food to flood victims.

Ron Clagett, of North Park, says this is why he signed up several years ago.

"So you build a bond with these people," he said. "And the gratification we get is the appreciation people have for us."

Local Red Cross workers say that, for the first time since Superstorm Sandy four years ago, all American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles nationwide will be deployed, due to the large amount of devestation caused over the past few days.

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