Wing: Education
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.
95th Birthday Offering by the SSE children
As we were approaching 2020, the Education wing was eagerly thinking of ideas which could be translated as an offering to Bhagawan on His 95th birthday. Keeping in mind the SSSIO theme, “Unity is Divinity, Purity is Enlightenment” the Education Coordinators started canvassing for ideas. In the early spring of 2020, the emergence of COVID-19 changed our personal lives and we needed to be creative in our approach to support the devotees and children at our Sai Centres. We harnessed the idea of children writing prayers which were and are much needed during the challenging times we live in.
Menon Lojan – Grade 6 – Winner of Art Competion
Menon Lojan, a grade 6 student from the Sathya Sai School in Toronto has won 1st prize in the Consulate General of India (Toronto) Art Competition.
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
Regional Guru Training
Recognizing a growing shortage of trained gurus in multiple SSE programs, Region 2 hosted a major Guru Training Workshop on the weekend of April 6th-7th,2019. Over 50 new gurus were trained in the tenants of Sai education, as well as the practical aspects of forming and presenting there a value-based SSE lesson.
Annual Sai Family Retreat: 2019
Regional Family Camp in Southwest Ontario – Amidst a quite glade in Dorchester, Ontario over 150 devotees and volunteers from across Canada’s Region 2 gathered for a weekend family retreat from July 12th – 14th, 2019. Located about 200 km west of Toronto, the retreat grounds was a long journey for the attendees, many of whom departed on Friday afternoon. After the long drive, they were refreshed with a freshly cooked meal and a rousing session of bhajans, which set the tone for the events ahead.
Montreal Sai Young Adult Retreat
The Montreal Sai Young Adult organized a summer retreat; titled “Rejuvenate and Reset”, the mission was to reaffirm our commitment in pursuit of self-transformation and rejuvenate our core believes in preparation for the back-to-work and -school routine. Together as Sai devotees, we were able to collectively uplift not only ourselves but as a group of like-minded young adults.