Articles about community service
To receive medical care, villagers in Maruthankernikulam in the Batticaloa District are forced to walk to Vakarai, a town about 30 km away. To alleviate the situation, the SSIO organised a medical camp on 5th May 2018 in Maruthankernikulam. A team of five doctors, one…
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On 5th May 2018, nine SSE children and ten Young Adults from the Sathya Sai Centre of Toronto distributed more than 108 sandwiches at a local shelter to commemorate Sathya Sai’s Mahasamadhi day. The children decorated brown paper bags, inscribed with messages of love.
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Since 2012, the Sathya Sai Centre of West Palm Beach has supported gleaning projects during harvest season to prevent food waste. Gleaning, the act of collecting produce left in the fields after harvest, prevents food waste by supplying local agencies with food for low-income families….
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In May of 2018, the SSIO of Croatia organised a free concert featuring famed British singer and actress, Dana Gillespie. The theme went along with the SSIO project, Serve the Planet, and had beautiful, eco-friendly decorations. Over 300 guests enjoyed the love of Mother Nature…
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On 12th May 2018, Sathya Sai Centres in the Seattle area partnered with volunteers from Food Lifeline for a food drive called “Stamp Out Hunger.” Hosted annually by the United States Postal Service, “Stamp Out Hunger” is a national effort in which individuals donate non-perishable…
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For the past 26 years, SSIO volunteers have rendered selfless service by caring for psychiatric patients in Orehovica. Led by a fine arts professor, the volunteers put smiles on people’s faces by giving them small gifts, entertaining them by singing and spreading love to all.
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In Florida, residents of low-income communities often lack dental, foot and eye care. In response, SSIO volunteers in Clearwater have organised free medical camps near St. Petersburg, Florida, since 2004. Each year, volunteers hold six free medical camps in the St. Petersburg area. At the…
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SSIO volunteers in Croatia have served the impoverished in the village of Letovanic on the banks of the river Kupa since 2014. On 17th February 2018, they served food and distributed warm blankets, duvets and hygiene kits to various disadvantaged families. In addition, SSIO members…
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Since October 2016, volunteers from the Sathya Sai Centre of Detroit have been tutoring ten at-risk first grade children at the Harms Elementary School, in a disadvantaged, predominantly Hispanic neighbourhood. The children lack English-speaking adults at home to help them with homework. In addition, the parents often…
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The St. Louis County Pet Adoption Center in Olivette, Missouri, requested the SSIO to help meet a growing need for supplies to take care of more than 75 animals. SSIO members in the USA Mid-Central Region, from the states of Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi…
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