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PETER YARROW OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY, FOUNDER OF OPERATION RESPECT

Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary, Founder of Operation Respect's "Don't Laugh at Me"

Peter Yarrow has been supportive of the Light One Candle Committee since 1995.  Peter is the Founder of Operation Respect, a charitable organization which provides the "Don't Laugh at Me" anti-bullying curriculum to thousands of schools nationally and internationally.  Your donations have made it possible for Light One Candle to sponsor "Don't Laugh at Me"workshops for over 400 public and non-public school teachers in San Antonio and the state of Texas.  To learn more about how we have worked with Peter Yarrow please click here:  "Peter Yarrow".

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND LIGHT ONE CANDLE

Working Together with the Community

The following organizations and individuals have worked with Light One Candle through many collaborative creative, academic and character education programs for elementary and middle school children in public and non-public schools.

  • Andy Benavides and the Calle de Flores Art Project
  • Arathi School of Indian Dance
  • Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas
  • Carver Cultural Center
  • “Cat Paws”, a KLRN TV show for kids
  • Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital Foundation
  • French Consulate
  • Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
  • Hands on Crafts for Kids
  • Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, Texas
  • Holy Spirit Catholic Church
  • India-Asia Association
  • Indian Folk Dance Festival
  • Instituto Panamericano Linguistico
  • International Folk Culture Center
  • Jewish Federation of San Antonio, Texas
  • Johnny Moore, former Spurs player
  • Junior League of San Antonio
  • Music Foundation of San Antonio
  • Northside Music
  • Oblate School of Theology
  • Pan American League
  • Peter Yarrow of “Peter, Paul and Mary”: Operation Respect: "Don't Laugh at Me"
  • Region 20
  • San Antonio Boys Choir
  • San Antonio College Folk Dance Festival
  • “Tu-To-R!” San Antonio Jewish Coalition for Literacy
  • The San Antonio Museum of Art
  • The San Antonio Storytellers Association
  • San Francesco di Paola Catholic Church
  • Southwestern Bell volunteers
  • St. Matthew Catholic Church
  • Teaching the Power of One through Film Foundation
  • Trinity University Volunteer Action Committee
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio volunteers
  • The University of the Incarnate Word volunteers
  • United States Holocaust Museum, Washington D.C.
  • University United Methodist Church
  • Voces de San Antonio
  • The Winston School
TO CONNECT SCHOOLS WITH THE ARTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Schoolchildren perform Japanese Dances at the San Antonio Museum of Art 

 
Fun Arts Day
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Andy Benavides, Arts Mentoring Partner, and Students.


PEACE AWARDS PHOTO

1997 PEACE AWARDS PHOTO: Honoree Father Sherrill Smith, Francine Garza-Vale, Founder of Light One Candle, Honoree Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary - Founder of Operation Respect, and Mrs. Gregorio M. Canales (Amelia) at the 1997 "Peace Begins with Me" Awards sponsored by Light One Candle. To learn more about this memorable event in our history, click on: "Peace Awards".

TO BENEFIT TEACHER EDUCATION IN PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Beneficiary Public School Districts

Over 400 teachers from the folowing Texas public school districts, private schools and religious-sponsored schools have attended Operation Respect's "Don't Laugh at Me" anti-bullying workshops sponsored by Light One Candle Children's Education Fund.  To learn more about Operation Respect go to www.operationrespect.org.

San Antonio, Texas
Edgewood ISD
Harlandale ISD
Northeast ISD
Northside ISD
San Antonio ISD

South San ISD

Victoria, Texas
Victoria ISD

Houston, Texas
Alief, ISD
Spring Branch ISD

Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Keller ISD

Dilley, Texas
Dilley ISD

Duncanville, Texas
Duncanville ISD

Uvalde, Texas
Uvalde ISD

Beneficiary Private School
St. Mary's Hall, San Antonio, Texas

Beneficiary Religious-Sponsored Schools
Antioch Christian Academy, San Antonio, Texas  
Archdiocesan Schools of San Antonio, Texas

TO PROVIDE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WITH SCHOLARSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL GRANTS AT RELIGIOUS SPONSORED SCHOOLS

BENEFICIARY SCHOOLS

  • St. Benedict Catholic School

  • St. Margaret Mary Catholic School

  • St. Cecilia Catholic School

  • St. James the Apostle Catholic School

  • St. Leo the Great Catholic School

  • Holy Name Catholic School

  • St. Philip of Jesus Catholic School

  • St. John Berchman Catholic School

  • Antioch Christian Academy, a Baptist School

  • The Eleanor Kolitz Academy, a Jewish Day School

     

     

    1994 Scholarship Awards
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    Our First Scholarship Winners and their Mothers!


     

     

     

    For more information about these schools, please go to their websites:


  • Southside Consortium of Catholic Schools 
      
    www.CatholicSchoolsYes.org

  • Antioch Christian Academy
       www.actnet.org/pages/academy.htm 
     

  • The Eleanor Kolitz Academy,
        a Jewish Day School  
       
    www.eka-sa.org




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