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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, on May 20, 2011.

Seaman Arianna Loaiza helps a student put on a donated backpack.

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, on May 20, 2011.

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