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“The Red Cross is totally our spirit. At the time of Guru Gobind Singh, Bhai Ghanaya went through the battlefield and helped everyone who was hurt, on every side. The Red Cross has the same humanitarian spirit." …
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The New York Times published an inspiring article titled "How to Feed Crowds in a Protest or Pandemic? The Sikhs Know" by Priya Krishna on June 8, 2020. Please find the text of the article below. We draw so much inspiration from all of the amazing Gurdwaras and Sangats featured! …
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SevaTruck is a free meal food truck. We are a nonprofit serving fresh, nutritious, vegetarian meals to local communities in need in the greater Washington D.C. area. SevaTruck has established long-term partnerships with Title I schools and other organizations offering services to underserved youth. We also serve veterans and other children and families that need…
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Several weeks after social distancing guidelines were put in effect, the Riverside Gurdwara community began providing hot to-go meals, masks and groceries to community members. Now Riverside Gurdwara and the United Sikh Mission have been providing 1,400 vegetarian to-go meals with drive-through meal service every day.…
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”We believe in service to the community, selfless service to humanity is one of the fundamental principles of the Sikh religion and the Khalsa Care Foundation. It’s our duty to provide without expecting anything in return." …
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Guru Amar Das, the third Sikh Guru, strengthened and promoted the tradition of Guru ka Langar. In honor of Guru Amar Das's upcoming birthday on May 23, we are raising funds for those living Guru Amar Das's example in today's world by feeding those in need during the COVID crisis. Donate today! …
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One thing that was always a constant in students’ lives was school and the things that come with school. While changing a district’s food distribution system is not a normal thing to have to do, the social-distancing requirements and changes to people’s schedules brought on by the virus have forced some to think quickly and…
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We are one of the four Langar groups in Viña del Mar, Chile, called 'Guru Ram Das Ashram Langar.' We get together every Wednesday and cook vegetarian burgers with love, and then we give them to homeless people, or people who work on the streets.…
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Raj Khalsa Gurdwara and the Guru Angad Institute of Sikh Studies teamed up to participate in 28th annual Dr. Martin Luther King march and celebration held in Leesburg, VA on January 20. The sangat was blessed to represent Sikhs in this community event honoring one of the greatest spiritual leaders and champions of civil rights in U.S.…
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One day I was talking to a friend about the 400 children in need of weekend food at the school we were working with. We were serving 30 children weekly. We did the math and realized that each child in need was only receiving food every 15 weeks. She said, “Tell the Universe you have…
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Langar Chile is a non-governmental organization founded in 2003 by Kundalini Yoga instructors Sinmrit Singh and Guru Darshan Singh, and they have been working since 2004 without interruption. This inspiring team serves hot vegetarian food to those who live in a street situation, and to anyone else who needs it, on Thursday nights in different…
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Food for Kids is a volunteer program that serves hungry children in and around the Española, New Mexico area. It was founded in 2009. The program regularly provides bags of food to local children between ages 6-12 who do not always get enough food to eat.…
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The SDI Staff attended local events to support the Global Climate Strike message.
Kirtan Singh participated in Los Angeles, by serving langar. The Khalsa Care Foundation, a Gurdwara in No. Los Angeles County prepared a vegan langar of rice and rajma dahl for 1,500. About ten persons were involved in making the langar. We…
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The 3rd Sikh guru, Guru Amar Das ji, proclaimed that no one would be allowed into his presence until that person had eaten in the Guru’s Kitchen, or Guru ka Langar. Of course, it was a wonderful service to make sure that everyone had this basic need for food taken care of before…
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Last fall, Sikh Dharma hosted a fund-raiser for a regional hospital in Venezuela. The lack of food and medicine in that country is overwhelming and raising money is just one step - finding a way to spend that money on the people who need it is not as easy as it may seem. …
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January 19 marked the fourth anniversary of Raj Khalsa Gurdwara’s monthly langar for the homeless program, an important milestone for the Raj Khalsa Gurdwara sangat in Virginia, USA.…
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