SSIO volunteers from the Sathya Sai Center of South Bethesda delivered lunch every Friday to the Holy Cross Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) staff in Silver Spring, Maryland. They provided nutritious meals to 40 medical professionals who tirelessly provided round-the-clock care to coronavirus patients. The…
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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…
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St Vinny’s Bistro is a shelter in downtown San Antonio in Texas, operated by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. It provides three hot, nutritional meals each day, 365 days a year, serving an average of 1,000 meals…
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SSIO volunteers from the Sathya Sai Center of Milwaukee adopted a mile on Highway 18 (Bluemound Road) in late 2017. Three times a year, the volunteers spend an hour removing trash, recyclables, and litter from the one-mile stretch. As a recognition for their effort, a…
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SSIO of USA Region 9 (Southwest USA) launched the MASK (Motivational Acts of Selfless Kindness) project in early April 2020. More than 30 volunteers from Sathya Sai Centers in Arizona and the local community made and distributed about 2,000…
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In 2019, the Sathya Sai Centre of Central San Jose in California began offering math tutoring and computer programming classes to students at the Voices College-bound Language Academy, which is a primary school in a low-income area in Silicon Valley. The program serves elementary school children…
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Since 2005, the Sathya Sai Center of Chatsworth in California has partnered with nonprofit agencies to deliver burritos and food bags to the homeless every month. Many of the recipients live in dilapidated motels and in cars in parking lots assigned to the homeless. After…
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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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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 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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