Wing: Service
Milliken Park Clean up
On April 21st, 2018, The Sathya Sai Centre of Toronto-York participated in the North Scarborough community clean up at Milliken Park. Alongside other members of the Walk for Values team, myriad community groups and families from the community; devotees had the valuable opportunity to demonstrate the Sathya Sai Centre’s values into action. The clean-up was rigorous and messy as all volunteers walked around the perimeter of the park collecting debris, litter and any other waste lying on the ground.
Blood Donation Drive
Tuesday April 17th, was a bitterly cold day, and there was ice on the streets and sidewalks as far as the eyes could see; however, the inclement weather did not dampen the loving spirit and undiluted generosity of Swami’s devotees of Region 1. Region 1 was given a window of time between 6 and 8pm by the Canadian Blood Service. Devotees drove in straight from work despite their hectic schedules, the harsh weather and poor driving conditions.
Monthly Sandwich Service Activity
Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Toronto East has been doing this Sandwich service activity for the past 22 years on the first Saturday of every month. It was originally started as a personal service activity by a small group of families in 1993 but became a Centre service activity since 1995. Since then, it has grown significantly both in participation and volume. We have about 15-20 families currently making about 400 sandwiches every month.
Annual SSE Christmas Clothing Drive
On November 26, 2017 the group 4 SSE students from Middlefield Sai Centre organized the annual Christmas clothing drive. The students took the needs of the community into consideration and chose the following two charities: The Salvation Army Gateway Men’s shelter and Jessies – The June Callwood Centre for Young Women.
“Melody of Divine Love” – Musical program for Senior’s Home
This month our Melody of Divine Love group children performed on Sunday, March 25, 2018. As this month we were also celebrating Easter, we wanted to make this performance an Easter Special with songs and bhajans to reflect message from Jesus.
“Melody of Divine Love” – Musical program for Senior’s Home
Melody of Divine Love (MDL) group children performed on Sunday, February 25, 2018
Terry Fox Walk – Middlefield Sai Centre
On Saturday Sept 23, the adults, children and youth from Middlefield Sai Centre organized a Terry Fox Walk event at Featherstone Park.
Tree Planting
Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Cooksville participated in an annual Tree Planting event in partnership with the City of Mississauga. This took place on Saturday, September 23rd at 2:00pm at Aquinas Park in Mississauga. The day was also the hottest weekend of this year’s summer season.
Seniors’ Day Regional Service Project in Middlefield
On June 10, 2017, the first-ever regional service project that involved service for seniors was held at the Sathya Sai Centre of Middlefield. The day was organized to help seniors feel like they are still apart of the Sai family.
Sistering: A Youth Girls Service Project at an All Women’s Shelter
As an initiative to start new seva activities, the Youth Girls of the Scarborough Sai Centre has started serving an all-woman’s shelter called Sistering located in Toronto, Ontario.