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Salil, Executive Director of the Peace Run, goes over the day's schedule with local coordinators Prakhara and Cathy Oerter.
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The children at the first school prepare by carrying their own chairs to the outdoor venue. With Peace comes responsibility.
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Ed Lenderman of Local TV station KUSI came to cover the event live. Watch here and Here.
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The runners are greeted by a welcoming committee of children as they were joined by two student runners.
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Tonis is from Russia. Other countries represented are Australia, Austria, Romania and various states in the United States.
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Cathy Oerter and Principal Shannon Lewis present awards to some of the children for excellence in art and the spoken word on the theme of peace.
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Our runners become a choir as we sing the official Peace Run Song composed by Sri Chinmoy, Founder of the Peace Run.
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Prakhara presents the Principal, Shannon Lewis, with a few gifts for the school which was very well prepared and very welcoming to the Peace Run.
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At the end of our program the local television station, KVSI, had us waving to the camera for their live broadcast.
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Rebecca Mitchell, one of the teachers led us in with the Peace Torch through a crowd of enthusiastic children.
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Rebecca and one of her colleagues enjoy the moment as they present the Torch at the beginning of our ceremony with the children.
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One of the older students who won the gold medal for her essay on Peace shares her valuable words with us.
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Cathy Oerter, who created the inspiring Al Oerter Award for Art and the Spoken word, shares the moment with another award winner.
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Principal Suanico is awarded a Certficate of Appreciation for the school and a colorful painting on the theme of Peace by the Founder of the Peace Run, Sri Chinmoy.
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We were greeted by hundreds of students as we ran into the courtyard with 1500 enthusiastic high schoolers.
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Now it's our turn to offer some vocal entertainment, however feeble it may be in comparison to the music the students offered to us.
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Roxanne Carrasco, Professional Actress and Liaison with Community Partners for this uniquely talented school, proudly holds the Peace Torch as Principal Tim Farson accepts the gifts of Appreciation from Prakhara.