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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

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Maria Ruiz "Several times a week, Maria Ruiz of El Paso, Texas, crosses the border into Juarez, Mexico, bringing food, clothing and toys for hundreds of impoverished children and their families." Since May 2007, he and his crew have aided thousands of victims at 15 sites across the United States -- free of charge."

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