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We are so grateful to Brenda Fey and the Holiday Inn(French Quarter) in Perrysburg, Ohio. They offered us some very nice rooms in this spacious and beautiful hotel.
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There was a large crowd of children at this day camp who fortunately were able to fit into this large shady area under a tree on a hot sunny day.
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Peaceful behavior as two peace runners help out another runner who has tripped and sprained his ankle.
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Michaela, the Coordinator at this great summer program, accepts our gratitude for inviting us to this wonderful program.
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The children had a short peace run around the park as they followed the 'engine' of this peace train.
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Passing the peace torch and making wishes for peace is an important event and very meaningful to the children.
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The counselors were very enthusiastic and offered wondeful sentiments and smiles which are so important in sharing peace with the children.
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Our next event took place in Chatham, Ontario. Again on a hot, sunny day it was important to have some shade for the children under this large tent.
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After our introduction the children had an opportunity to find some peace in their hearts. 'Peace Begins with Me' is our motto.
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We offer the children some short skits which demonstrate peaceful or non-peaceful behaviors. This gives the children a chance to judge what is good behavior or not.
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One of the young counselors volunteered to be the 'engine' of the peace train and lead the children around the playground with the peace torch.
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Passing the peace torch to offer everyone to think of something peaceful and pass it along as we do in this relay for peace.
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Megan Tyhurst accepts our Certificate of Appreciation which expresses our gratitude to her and the YMCA Camp of Chatham-Kent.
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We love to offer colorful artwork by Sri Chinmoy, Founder of the Peace Run, which is representaltional art with meaningful symbolism. This painting says 'Peace Feeds The Children.'
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After the wonderful ceremony in Chatham, the women's team cheerfully takes to the road after a long drive over the Canadian border from Detroit, Michigan.
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Along the way they stopped for these friendly locals who were happy to share the torch with Pranlobha and Kanala.