The Sri Sathya Sai Center in Melbourne, one of Australia’s oldest Sai centers, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2023. One of its impactful service projects is providing meals for about 25-30 hungry people every Thursday at the Queen Victoria Market. Members offer various items such…
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In May 2024, SSSIO members from four cities in Russia’s Volga-Ural region dedicated a day to serving nature. In one city, Sai volunteers labored to make a plot for growing flowering plants and potatoes. In another city, Sai volunteers honored a veteran by tending to…
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On February 10, 2024, SSE (Sai Spiritual Education) children of the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Seattle Eastside participated in a heartwarming project. Together with their SSE teachers and parents, the children volunteered at Pantry Packs. They filled food packs with nutritious items such as…
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On May 12, 2024, 56 SSSIO members from across Australia joined thousands of others in the community in the Mother’s Day Classic Walk. The event aims to raise awareness and funds for life-saving research into breast and ovarian cancer, significant causes of death and disability…
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At the end of March, 2024, the ESSE Institute in Zone 8 hosted a seminar on the practical component of Course 2. Five students from the Siberian and Southern Regions of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus attended. The ESSE Institute was gratified to note improvements in…
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Members of the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Beaverton, Oregon, organized a Toy and Book drive for gently used items for the West Women’s and Children’s Shelter, which serves victims of domestic violence. The drive quickly expanded into a community-wide effort, resulting in a generous…
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SSSIO members in New Zealand participated in the ‘Nature in the City’ Arbor Day Tree Planting event in Hamilton, New Zealand, from May 30 to June 1, 2024. This initiative aimed to boost the city’s native vegetation cover from a current 2% to a target…
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In June, 2024, SSSIO members in Zone 8 (Russia and neighboring countries) enthusiastically celebrated Cleanliness Day. In Azerbaijan, members at the Baku Sai Center diligently cleaned the facility, scrubbing windows, doors, and floors and refreshing houseplants. Those unable to attend tidied up their homes and…
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On March 23, 2024, the South Central Region of the SSSIO-USA partnered with the City of Lake Charles, Louisiana, to revitalize areas devastated by hurricanes by planting trees. Sai volunteers from Houston, Texas, collected 250 five-gallon trees donated by Trees for Houston and transported them…
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Since September 2024, members of the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Manhattan have been bringing birthday cheer to patients of the Memory Care Unit at Coler Specialty Hospital by visiting them on the last Saturday of the month. Working with the unit’s recreation therapist, SSSIO…
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