Sai Centre: Ontario Region 1
Baby Wipes and Diaper Drive
As part of our outreach activities, we were looking for places where we could serve during the pandemic. A pregnancy center in Toronto that supports families for pregnancy and parenting had seen a dramatic increase in the use of their Care Closet at the Pregnancy Centre. The Centre provides families with diapers, wipes and formula as needed. In the past year, they saw a dramatic rise in the total number of visits, with the greatest need for wipes and diapers. The Ladies wing in collaboration with the Seva team initiated a project to collect wipes and diapers. The collection happened over a period of 2 months and at the end of May, we were able to collect around 4703 diapers and 7316 wipes.
SSE Christmas Drop
Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Toronto York Service team, in collaboration with the Education wing prepared and delivered 200 gift bags containing various holiday treats to each of the children’s homes.
SSE offering for SSSIO Ladies Day Celebration
It was August 25th when we received a request informing us of the opportunity for SSE children to be part of the Ladies day celebration 2020. The ask was to submit a storyline for a skit or drama based on the theme “Unity of Head, Heart and Hand”. The due date for submission was the first week of September. With all hands and hearts on deck, we submitted the first draft on September 4th.
SSE Virtual Graduation Program
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of change in the world, and it was no different at the Toronto-York Sai Centre. Since the physical centre is temporarily closed to respect the safety of the devotees, SSE quickly improvised and adapted to an alternative online format for the remainder of the year. Despite all the obstacles, through Swami’s grace, the classes were a smashing success.
Easwaramma Day
Through this unprecedented time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, lots of adaptation were made at many centres to move its activities to an online platform. Although gurus and students had challenges on how to commemorate Easwaramma Day and Aradhana Day in the usual festive manner, the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Toronto-York was able to find a way to overcome it.
SSE Graduation Ceremony – SSSBC of Cooksvile
SSE Graduation Ceremony – SSSBC of Cooksvile
2020 Non-Perishable Food-Drive – Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Mississauga – Central
A Food-Drive was arranged by Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Mississauga – Central to commemorate our Beloved Swami’s Mahasamadhi.
Sai Mask – Hands that Stitch
The success of the Mask project of the previous month was an incentive for the Ladies Wing of Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Cooksville to continue the Mask stitching project for another month (May 2020). The project was completed with the cooperation of the Youth and Service Wings.
Easwaramma Day Celebration
The Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Cooksville organized a virtual program to observe Easwaramma Day. The day was celebrated with the collaboration of the Devotional and educational wings, on May 6th from 7:30-8:30PM. Approximately 65 families participated in the virtual celebration. The program commenced with opening prayers followed by melodious bhajans. Bhajans were sung by children and youth. SSE children from different age groups offered bhajans with their family members chorusing in honour of Mother Easwaramma and our Beloved Swami.
Sai Mask – Hands that Stitch
The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it despair and uncertainty; however, in true Sai tradition the Ladies Wing decided to undertake a significant service project. Although a lot of activities had come to a halt and there was no opportunity to meet and discuss, the Ladies Wing was able to complete this service of stitching face masks for the East Toronto community by coordinating with skilled ladies and other devotees via phone, Skype and email.