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TV star Rachael Ray helps reeling Ohio town

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From left, Nick Lachey and Rachael Ray, along with The Rachael Ray Show content buddies Carter Oosterhouse and Kahi Lee, sit down for a dinner at the Roberts Convention Center in Wilmington, Ohio during taping of The Rachael Ray Show Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The show fed nearly 2,000 people in the economically hard-hit area for a special which will air Nov. 25.
(AP Photo/Dayton Daily News, E.L. Hubbard)

By WSBT 24/7 News

Story Created: Nov 9, 2009 at 6:40 AM EST

Story Updated: Nov 9, 2009 at 6:40 AM EST

WILMINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Television cooking star Rachael Ray is boosting the local food supply for a struggling Ohio town.

On Saturday, Ray brought a Wilmington soup kitchen new appliances, shelves and furniture. Ray's show also promised to supply food for the kitchen for the next year.

The soup kitchen is getting as many customers in a day as it did in a week a year ago.

Wilmington is still reeling from the departure of DHL Express and other Wilmington Air Park operations, which has left a 15 percent local unemployment rate in its wake.

On Sunday, the Food Network star hosted an early Thanksgiving feast for the community. The soup kitchen improvements and the Thanksgiving meal are scheduled to be featured on "The Rachael Ray Show" on Nov. 25.

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