Articles about community service
The Sri Sathya Sai Center of Northeast Atlanta, Georgia, celebrated Chinese New Year 2023 by highlighting a fundamental Confucian value, filial piety – the primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one’s elderly family members. They honored their senior members by holding a devotional…
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On November 5, 2022, SSSIO volunteers from Atlanta, USA, delivered 12 water filters to provide clean drinking water to underprivileged families in Lima, Peru. Two filters were installed in two community kitchens, benefitting nearly 400 people. Families served by the community kitchens were thankful for the…
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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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Tropical cyclone Gabrielle struck New Zealand on February 12, 2023, causing major flooding and massive damage to property and infrastructure. Thousands of people were displaced, and there was a tragic loss of 11 lives on the North Island of New Zealand. Following another massive flood…
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SSSIO volunteers from a Sai center in Kazakhstan lovingly served 95 needy people. In Almaty, the volunteers served hot food, tea, cookies, and sweets to 45 homeless people. In Rudny city, the volunteers served buckwheat porridge, tea, and packaged food to 50 homeless people. Some…
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On October 16, 2022, SSSIO volunteers in Thailand celebrated Avatar Declaration Day by serving 65 families in an impoverished community. They delivered food hampers containing rice, oil, and sauce, in addition to soap, washing powder, toothpaste, toothbrush, and dishwashing liquid.
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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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More than 160 SSSIO members around Russia, including 27 children, participated in the Active Summer program in early August 2022. In the northern region, SSSIO volunteers prepared and distributed fresh vegetarian food near a local temple. The volunteers also cleaned local parks and beaches along…
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Caribbean Trees for SAI-100 was launched at the RISE (Renew, Inspire, Service, and Enlightenment) Conference in January 2023, planting 15 Tecoma (dwarf Poui) trees on the grounds of the conference venue in Penal, Trinidad. This is part of a three-year initiative by SSSIO Zone 1…
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