Sai Centre: Ontario Region 1
Meals on Wheels in Toronto
Continuing a tradition of serving hot meals to the needy and the homeless, eight Sai Young Adults prepared and packaged food at the Sathya Sai Centre of Mississauga – Central.
Rouge River Shoreline Cleanup
SSIO Canada partnered with the nonprofit organization Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup to restore a stretch of the Rouge River. The initiative emerged as a national program in 2002 from the aspirations of a group of employees and volunteers in 1994 from the Vancouver Aquarium who took on the ambitious project to clean up their local beach at Stanley Park.
National Textbook Drives 2016
The Sai Young Adults conducted a National Textbook Drive in all regions as a Back to School service for students in need. This service project expanded beyond the young adults and included volunteers from Sathya Sai Centres across the country, with parents and friends bringing in old and gently used books for donation at their local Centre.
National Environmental Day 2016
Sai Young Adults across the country participated in a National Environmental Day by conducting various activities in service to Mother Nature. The young adults led the activities in all regions, with the support of adults and children.
Inspiring the Leaders of Tomorrow in Partnership with Junior Achievement
Forty Sai volunteers from Ontario Regions 1 and 2 partnered with Junior Achievement of Canada to deliver the Stronger Together Diversity in Action program to over 810 students across the Greater Toronto Area.
Habitat for Humanity: Building Homes for the Needy
Twenty young adults of the Sathya Sai Centre of Toronto-York participated in a build day with Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area’s Birchmount construction site to create a home for a family in desperate need through the Adopt-a-Day program.