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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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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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Saraswati Kaur Khalsa doesn't sew, but that hasn't stopped her from becoming one of the main organizers of Rosie the Respirators - a group of more than 40 volunteers with a goal of making 10,000 face masks for front-line workers in Northern New Mexico.…
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During these times of stress and turbulence, many of us are wondering how we can help. Rosie Sews, a nationwide volunteer effort, is offering one way we can do so from our homes during quarantine - making masks for medical workers without other options due to shortages, at-risk community members and essential workers (postal, grocery…
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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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Can you briefly describe the Seva Sadhana program for those who haven’t heard of it before?
Seva Sadhana is a yogic lifestyle immersion program that allows a person to live in community and practice a healthy, happy and holy lifestyle. Program participants do seva for four hours each day, five…
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Amar Das Foundation provides homemade and blessed vegetarian meals to the homeless in downtown Santiago, Chile. We have already served over 10,000 meals. I think that when the heart calls, you have to simply answer and bow your head to the Guru without controlling anything, and without thinking of how you are going to do…
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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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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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