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When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in early 2020, SSIO volunteers in Seattle, Washington sprang into action to make homemade masks to help healthcare workers on the frontlines. In just three weeks, over 400 masks were distributed to various healthcare facilities, and around 100 masks…
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As the world combats the Coronavirus outbreak and pandemic, hospitals have faced an acute shortage of facemasks to protect front-line medical workers. The Ladies Wing of the Toronto East Sai Center used their sewing skills to make masks to serve the medical workers. With love…
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Sai Spiritual Education (SSE): With the national pivot to online SSE programs, SSIO of USA, Region 8 also switched to online SSE classes and participated in national SSE initiatives. SSE students in San Diego, California made cards for Thermo Fisher Scientific employees in Carlsbad, California,…
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During winter, Montreal experiences frigid temperatures which can be dangerous. However, it did not stop SSIO members from serving the needy in honour of the 94th Birthday of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Twelve Sathya Sai Young Adults assembled 28 care packages containing winter hats, gloves,…
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During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, three Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) students from the South East Denver Sathya Sai Center, Colorado built an online website titled Kids 4 Our Community. Motivated by a desire to uplift the spirits of the most vulnerable and the elderly in…
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, SSIO volunteers from the Ladies Wing from Sathya Sai Center of Cooksville, Mississauga constructed and delivered 222 facial masks to the Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto within a short span of two weeks, from 31 March to 16 April 2020. Given…
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In early 2020, when the first COVID-19 case surfaced in Seattle, Washington area, the Sathya Sai Center of Seattle Eastside set up online Center meetings which included an hour of study circle followed by an hour of devotional singing. Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) teachers hosted…
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Inspired by Sathya Sai Baba’s message, “Hands that serve are holier than the lips that pray”, members of the Sathya Sai Center of San Bruno, California who were trained in Sathya Sai Education in Human Values (SSEHV) initiated value-based mentoring programs for low-income students. As…
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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 20 SSIO volunteers from the Sathya Sai Center of Cooksville initiated a Pick-Up Food Drive from 30 March to 19 April 2020 to serve the vulnerable population in Mississauga, especially the elderly and the indigent. Nearly…
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Women volunteers from the Sathya Sai Center of South Bethesda, Maryland started a unique project in March 2019 called Knots of Love. Nearly 30 volunteers learnt how to knit and supplied 500 knitted baby hats of various styles and vibrant colours to the Queens Hospital…
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