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Since 2003, the SSIO has partnered with the Gulf Coast Health Center to host a medical camp for low-income households in Jasper, Texas. This year, 70 volunteers from the Sathya Sai Centres of North Houston, South Houston, Austin, Dallas and Longview provided basic healthcare services…
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On 5th May 2018, nine SSE children and ten Young Adults from the Sathya Sai Centre of Toronto distributed more than 108 sandwiches at a local shelter to commemorate Sathya Sai’s Mahasamadhi day. The children decorated brown paper bags, inscribed with messages of love.
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Since 2012, the Sathya Sai Centre of West Palm Beach has supported gleaning projects during harvest season to prevent food waste. Gleaning, the act of collecting produce left in the fields after harvest, prevents food waste by supplying local agencies with food for low-income families….
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On 12th May 2018, Sathya Sai Centres in the Seattle area partnered with volunteers from Food Lifeline for a food drive called “Stamp Out Hunger.” Hosted annually by the United States Postal Service, “Stamp Out Hunger” is a national effort in which individuals donate non-perishable…
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In Florida, residents of low-income communities often lack dental, foot and eye care. In response, SSIO volunteers in Clearwater have organised free medical camps near St. Petersburg, Florida, since 2004. Each year, volunteers hold six free medical camps in the St. Petersburg area. At the…
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Since October 2016, volunteers from the Sathya Sai Centre of Detroit have been tutoring ten at-risk first grade children at the Harms Elementary School, in a disadvantaged, predominantly Hispanic neighbourhood. The children lack English-speaking adults at home to help them with homework. In addition, the parents often…
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The St. Louis County Pet Adoption Center in Olivette, Missouri, requested the SSIO to help meet a growing need for supplies to take care of more than 75 animals. SSIO members in the USA Mid-Central Region, from the states of Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi…
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Milliken Park, in northeast Scarborough, Ontario, occupies 32 hectares of public space. On 21st April 2018, 20 volunteers, including 17 members of the Sathya Sai Centre, Toronto-York, participated in a North Scarborough community clean-up at Milliken Park. Alongside members of the Walk for Values team…
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On 17th April 2018, as part of Aradhana Mahotsavam Day (April 24th) observances, honouring the sacred memory of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the Service Wing and Ladies Wing of the SSIO of Canada, Region 1, organised a region-wide blood donation drive in Mississauga, Ontario. Despite…
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The SSIO has a long history of involvement in post-disaster relief efforts around the world, which has led in the past few years to a concerted effort to establish disaster relief work as a key component of service activities both at
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