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U.S. Navy Seaman Arianna Loaiza helps a student put on a donated backpack during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event in Santa Rosa, Ecuador, May 20, 2011. The organization, Give a Kid a Backpack, donated the backpack.

BACKPACK BUDDY

U.S. Navy Seaman Arianna Loaiza helps a student put on a donated backpack during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event in Santa Rosa, Ecuador, May 20, 2011. The organization, Give a Kid a Backpack, donated the backpack.

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