With the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, Sathya Sai Young Adults of the Sathya Sai Center of Rochester in New York state connected with the Grand Street Settlement located in New York City and volunteered for their Early Childhood Program, which provides educational resources to children of low-income families. Due to school closures from the pandemic, many of these children were deprived of vital learning resources. The Young Adults and Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) students aged 12 and older created online reading material for children enrolled in the Early Childhood Program. They gathered their favorite childhood storybooks filled with positive messages and values, and video-recorded themselves reading these books out aloud. They read with great enthusiasm, making the stories come alive. The Young Adults stated, “We feel blessed for this opportunity. We will continue to read, tutor, and provide educational support to this underserved community, even more so, during this crisis.”
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