Since its inception, Las Candalistas has donated millions of dollars to philanthropies focused on children and the environmen ... t in the Los Angeles South Bay community. In 1967, an enterprising group of women formed a nonprofit auxiliary to help raise funds for the Child Guidance Clinic of the South Bay Children’s Health Center in Torrance, California. Because their original fundraising effort was selling beeswax candles, they decided to call themselves “Las Candalistas” — The Candle Lighters. Committed to supporting children and the environment in the South Bay community, the group quickly moved beyond selling candles. The name, Las Candalistas, took on a new meaning as they became leaders in community service — expanding their fundraising activities and the philanthropies they served. read more