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Project Knapsack friend and supporter, Lisa Kudrow, came out to show some love at Project Knapsack’s 2010 “Runway to Africa” Charity Fashion and Basketball Jam Session. The event was a part of the organization partnership with the LMU Men’s Basketball and LMU Cares. Lisa is pictured here with several players from the Men’s Basketball team.

Lisa Kudrow

Madison Pettis has been a featured guest model and Mistress of Ceremonies at Project Knapsack’s “Runway to Africa” Charity Fashion Show since 2007. In these photos, Madison and the Project Knapsack gang are featured on KTLA morning news. The segment highlighted the organizations upcoming trip to Africa where they will deliver over 800 backpacks filled with school supplies.

Madison Pettis

Chicago Bears quarterback, Jay Cutler, joined the Project Knapsack team and visited two fourth grade classrooms at The Daniel Freeman Elementary School located in Inglewood, CA. During the visit, Jay worked with the students in writing their return pen pals letters to their new friends in Africa.

Jay Cutler

Actor Dwayne Johnson, founder of The Rock Foundation, partnered with Project Knapsack and helped to expand the program to Central America. The team traveled to El Salvador to deliver knapsacks to students at the El Centro Escolar. During
our visit, we worked with a group of Spanish speaking volunteers and assisted in helping the students write their pen pal letters.

Dwayne also helped the organization raise additional funds through the release of his 2008 film, Get Smart at the CineVegas Film Festival in Las Vegas.

Dwayne The Rock Johnson

This year, Project Knapsack expanded its efforts to Rusinga Island, Kenya in partnership with One Kid One World and Actress Kristin Cavallari. Kristin and the One Kid One World team visited the classrooms of our fourth grade pen pals from the Daniel Freeman Elementary School in Inglewood, CA.

In March, Kristin traveled to Kenya to deliver pen pal letters and knapsacks to our pen pals at the Kamayoge Primary School located on Rusinga Island, Kenya. Josh Bycel and Tracy McCubbin are the Directors of One Kid One World and lead the trip to Kenya. Thank you OKOW and Kristin Cavallari. You ROCK!!

Kristin Cavallari