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Volunteers from Sri Sathya Sai Center in Mesa, Arizona, partnered with “A New Leaf”, another non-profit organization, on a project called “Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).” This initiative offers tax assistance for people earning less than $57,000 a year, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and…
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Volunteers from the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Lexington, Kentucky give back to their community by volunteering at the Backpack Food program. Since many children in the area come from impoverished homes, they often go hungry during the weekends or holidays. The Backpack Food program…
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Although the events during 2020 were unprecedented, the Sai Spiritual Education (SSE) students of the Sri Sathya Sai Center Toronto-York persevered and carried forth their programs. The SSE ‘Christmas Drop’ program was designed to celebrate the children’s continued participation and included a surprise visit from…
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The SSSIO of Fremont, California started the SAI Math Academy as a weekly math tutoring project in 2018. It has now expanded to six elementary schools in the Hayward Unified School District, where 50 high-school volunteers, mentored by 15 adults, tutor 150-200 students. Before the…
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In Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the past 15 years, SSSIO volunteers have served hot vegetarian meals every month to 150 to 200 homeless people, including children. Working alongside other volunteers at Hope Works, a large non-profit organization that is dedicated to ending homelessness, they prepare…
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On December 20, 2020, the Sri Sathya Sai Centre of Ontario hosted a regional Toy and Food Drive to support local disadvantaged communities. Volunteers donated 200 toys which gave sparks of joy to the children who received them. In addition, the Food Drive supported indigent…
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Since 1988, SSSIO volunteers in the greater San Diego area in California have offered freshly-cooked food to the homeless every Sunday. In the beginning, volunteers prepared bean burritos and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and distributed them along with water, fruits, and pastries to the…
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On December 28, 2020, volunteers from the Sri Sathya Sai Center of Ontario donated five sewing machines to support underprivileged women in Jaffna, Sri Lanka – which were in addition to seven sewing machines previously donated. Volunteers from the Manthikai Sri Sathya Sai Center in…
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The SSE Student Council of the North Central Region of USA organized an envirocare project that collected electronic devices no longer being used. They donated the devices to e-waste centers for proper disposal, to avoid environmental damage due to release of toxic materials. The collection…
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November 2020, as part of the 95th Birthday celebrations of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, volunteers from the Sri Sathya Sai Centre Bhavan, Suriname, went house-to-house, distributing food and clothing hampers to senior citizens in the districts of Saramacca and Wanica. The volunteers followed Covid-19…
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