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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Garrett Bucks, creator of the “Interdependence Relay,” holds the lid from the “relay box” that will travel to every U.S. state. The relay box, on the floor to the left of Bucks, has 50 small cubbyholes. Each cubbyhole represents a state, and the corresponding postal abbreviation on the lid identifies each state.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Items from the Columbia City Neighbors Club sit in a cubbyhole in the relay box.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sue Miller, who lives in West Seattle, joins the Columbia City Neighbors Club potluck on April 22 to learn how to start a similar club in her neighborhood.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Ryan J., center, and his 3-year-old daughter take part in a monthly potluck held on April 22 by the Columbia City Neighbors Club at Southside Commons. The event served as the starting point for a yearlong, nationwide “Interdependence Relay,” designed to counter isolation by bringing neighbors together.]]></image:caption>
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