On November 19, 2022, SSSIO members from USA Pacific South Region jointly celebrated Ladies’ Day and the Birthday of Sri Sathya Sai Baba at Sai Prema Nilayam in Riverside, California. The program began with chanting and devotional singing. The first speaker, Dr. Hyma Reddy, recounted…
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In July 2022, Sai Young Adults (YAs) from Chicagoland, Illinois, collaborated with a non-profit organization, Port Ministries, to offer a fun-filled summer enrichment camp for children from low-income families. The four-hour weekly program, held over four weeks for 20 children ages 7–13, aimed to enhance…
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On October 29-30, 2022, SSSIO members of the USA Mid-Central Region hosted their first women’s retreat in Nashville, TN, on the theme Inquiry, Intuition, and Inner Strength – the three spiritual powers that Sri Sathya Sai Baba attributed to women. The goal was to discover…
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On September 29, 2022, Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 hurricane, severely devastated parts of Florida, USA. SSSIO volunteers delivered much-needed relief supplies for hurricane survivors to churches, driving between three to ten hours each way. They also brought Christmas cheer to the children by distributing…
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In observance of Earth Day, members of the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Central San Jose, California, helped children at Voices Academy build a raised vegetable bed and beautify the school with flowering plants. Truckloads of mulch were brought to the school, and parents generously…
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Members of the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Albany, New York, made 250 blankets for Project Linus, a nonprofit organization serving children in need, and 95 blankets for impoverished expectant mothers at the Alpha Pregnancy Center. Most Sai volunteers involved in this project were children…
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On June 11, 2022, SSSIO volunteers from the US-South-Central Region partnered with St. Mark’s United Methodist Church to host a much-needed free medical screening camp in hurricane-devastated areas of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. About 30 dedicated SSSIO volunteers from as far as Texas arrived the…
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Members of the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Greater of St. Louis meet regularly on the first and third Saturdays every month to prepare and distribute meals to the elderly residents in the Soulard neighborhood near downtown St. Louis. Sai volunteers have maintained this service…
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In 1976, a few devotees of Sri Sathya Sai Baba began distributing sandwiches to the hungry around Manhattan. It eventually evolved into the Bowery food service that spanned over 40 years, serving 150-200 people weekly. Spearheaded by the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Metropolitan New…
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“I have lived in California all my life, but because I was in a wheelchair, I have never been able to go out to the beach. This is the first time I have been able to taste the salty waters of the sea and ride…
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