Wing: Young Adults
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.
Wheelchair Clinic at Participation House
As part of its annual summer activities, for over the last 20 years, 16 members including 9 Sai Young Adults from the Sathya Sai Centre of Toronto-York volunteered at a Wheelchair Clinic at the Participation House in Markham, Ontario.
Volunteering During Montreal Floods
The young adults of the Sathya Sai Centre of St-Hubert volunteered in the City of Vaudreuil (adjacent to Montreal) as it was the hardest hit. The young adults filled hundreds of sandbags and build walls around homes to prevent and delay water infiltration.
Pre-Canadian Sai Young Adults Festival 2017
Over a hundred Sai Young Adults from Eastern Canada gathered at the Sathya Sai School in Toronto to take part in the Pre-Canadian Sai Young Adults Festival. The half-day event was held in order to provide young adults from Eastern Canada with a taste of what could be expected during the actual upcoming festival event in Val Morin, Quebec.
Love Your Heart: Screening & Disease Prevention
At the Sathya Sai Baba Community Center in Vancouver, the first “Love Your Heart” Health Day Screening and Disease Prevention Event was organized. This event was a collaborative approach with the involvement of both Sai Young Adults and physicians in the planning and implementation process.
Observation of Aradhana Mahotsavam 2017
Across the country, programs to observe Sathya Sai Baba’s Aradhana Mahotsavam were held, spanning from Montreal in the east to Vancouver in the west. April 24 and the weeks preceding this important event has become a time of personal reflection for SSIO members on the nature of their relationship to Sathya Sai Baba.
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.