A donation of school supplies for Nunavut students

Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Armed Forces personnel arrived in Iqaluit on the HMCS Goose Bay this week with backpacks and school supplies destined for students at Aqsarniit, Joamie and Nakasuk schools. Here, Navy and Armed Forces members (from left) Marcos Tinoco-Naar, Thomas Hodgin, Kevin Snow and Daniel Rice pose with Iqaluit District Education Authority chair Doug Workman Aug. 28. Halifax sailors, their families and local businesses donated 92 backpacks and $1,000 worth of school supplies to schools in Iqaluit and other communities in Nunavut. (Photo by Jaclyn Buell)