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Sathya
Sai Organization - Mid-Atlantic Region (USA)
(www.sairegion2usa.org)
SRI SATHYA SAI ARADHANA DAY
APRIL 24, 2016
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A
SERVICE TRIBUTE TO SRI SATHYA SAI BABA
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"Engage
yourselves in service activity. Consider social service as service to
God. This is the best way to earn God's Love. Love all and serve all.
Your entire life will be sanctified thereby." - Sri Sathya Sai
Baba
Every year we observe 24th April as the
Sri Sathya Sai Aradhana day. By
the Divine Grace of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, devotees in our
region will commemorate this sacred occasion by offering various
Service Activities at His Divine Lotus Feet. The below flyer has the
list of the special service activities planned for this commemoration,
across the Mid-Atlantic Region. Activities include: conducting health
camps, cooking and serving food at Shelters, food drives, sharing
hygiene kits and supplies with members of the community, visiting
children centers/senior centers/hospitals, making baby blankets/hats for hospitals,
Environmental Seva etc.
Let us pay homage and express our
heartfelt gratitude to Bhagawan by dedicating these special Service
activities at His Divine Lotus Feet.
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Sai Go-Green Week (April
18-24)
With
Swami's Grace,
for the past four
years, Sai centers, groups and
individuals across our Region have been embracing the auspicious week
of Sai Aradhana Day as Sai Go-Green Week, as, every year the Earth Day
(April 22) falls in the proximity of Sai Aradhana Day (April 24). Some
of the EnviroCare Sadhanas (spiritual discipline program) our region
has been undertaking includes but not limited to tree planting, stream
/ marsh / neighborhood / beach cleanups, gleaning, use of biodegradable
and compostable disposables at or carrying Sai Green Kit to Sai event,
E-waste collection drive, and increasing awareness such as, making
presentations at the centers, conducting study circle and SSE class on
Swami Teachings on Mother Nature and Celling on Desires Program.
Let us give continuity to this noble cause by observing the Sai
Go-Green Week (this year April 18-24) and weeks and years ahead with an
awareness of connecting with Mother Nature and making righteous choice
when making any purchase or performing any actions.
Let
us pledge to avoid use of plastic and Styrofoam disposables, making
this as a collective offering to our Beloved Bhagawan, starting from
this year Sai Go-Green Week/Sai Aradhana Day, and extending it to the
years ahead!
We
encourage all Sai Centers and Study Groups to observe Sai Aradhana Day
with increased awareness on Going-Green.
***IMPORTANT!***
Please click here for more information on:
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Service
Offerings for the Aradhana Day
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DC
/ West Virginia
Washington
DC and
Shepherdstown: "Goody Bag"
Distribution (which includes tooth brush, tooth paste, socks, granola
bar, soap etc.) at Franklin Park in Washington DC on 4/24
from 11 AM to 2 PM.
[ Contact: Mohan Geddada,
507·413·2651, gmk1982[at]gmail·com
]
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Delaware
Hockessin: Serving lunch at the "Emmanuel Dining
Room" in Wilmington on 4/23
from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. [ Contact: Usha kuppa, 302·229·1913,
ukuppa[at]gmail·com ] |
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Maryland
Baltimore:
Food drive for the "Fish of Laurel" soup kitchen in Laurel. Preparing
brown bag lunches and donating during the week of 4/24.
[ Contact: Paroo Chauhan, 301·602·5635,
paroochauhan[at]yahoo·com ]
S.Bethesda:
Providing backpacks for
the needy elementary school students of the "Glen Haven Elementary
School"
in Silver Spring. Cleaning of the Occoquan River on 4/16.
Feeding the homeless at the "Montgomery Coalition Center for the
Homeless" in Gaithersburg on 4/29.
[ Contact: Jaya Nelliot, 702·501·6900,
bethesda.service[at]gmail·com ]
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New
Jersey
All NJ
Sai Centers: Free Health Fair and distribution of "goody bags"
at the "El Centro of Catholic Charities, Sacred Heart Church" in
Trenton on 4/23
from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
[ Contact: Rajen Ghayal, 732·551·6349,
righayal1[at]hotmail·com /Doctors Please Contact: Dr. Mahesh Ghayal, mghayal9[at]gmail·com
] - Please click here for the flyer
Edison, East
Brunswick, Bridgewater, Scotch
Plains, Jersey City, Old Tappan: Preparing lunch at the "Kiddie
Keep Well Camp" in Edison and serving at multiple locations in New
Jersey
on 4/24
from 7 AM to 2 PM. Also
distributing "hygiene kits" to the needy. [ Contact: Lalit Mohanty, 732·635·1676,
l_mohanty[at]hotmail·com ] - Please click here for the flyer
Medford
and Cherry Hill: "Spring
Kit" distribution to the homeless in the streets of Philadelphia
on 4/23.
[ Contact: Nandini Natrajan, 609·636·5529
/
Prabhakar Purigali, 609·923·1358,
purigali2[at]comcast·net]
Bridgewater: Envirocare
Seva -
Stream Cleanup at the North Branch of the Raritan River in Bridgewater
on 4/16
from 9 AM to 12 PM. Cooking
and Serving food at the "Elijah's Promise" Soup Kitchen in New
Brunswick on 4/23
from 1 PM to 4 PM. [ Contact: Kamal Gajjar, 908·210·4526,
service[at]bridgetosai·org ]
Fairlawn:
Cooking and Serving food
at the "First Presbyterian Church of Passaic" on 4/23.
[ Contact: Elvira Gurevich, 201·796·7839,
elvira_gurevich[at]yahoo·com ]
Holmdel:
Cooking and Serving food at the
"Trinity Episcopal Church" in Asbury Park on 4/30
from 9:30 AM to 2 PM. [ Contact: Soma Rao, 732·713·8928,
somarao1[at]gmail·com ]
Jersey
City: Serving food at
the "Salvation Army" on 4/25. [ Contact: Himabindu Chaturvedula, 201·234·9601,
service[at]jerseycitysaicenter·org ]
Old
Tappan: Cooking and Serving
food at "The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany" in Orange on 4/23
from 9 AM to 1:45 PM. Serving
food at the "Bergen County Human Services Center" in Hackensack on 4/24
from 4 PM to 6 PM. [ Contact: Gauri Srinivasan, 732·406·4820,
gauriss[at]gmail·com ] |
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New
York
New
York Metro Sai Centers (Flushing, New Hyde Park, Brooklyn, Bronx,
Manhattan, Metropolitan, S. Ozone Park, UN): Health Screening
Camp at the "Shiva Mandir" in East Elmhurst on 4/30
from 9 AM to 4 PM. [ Contact: K.B. Raju, 914·720·1047,
kbraju2[at]yahoo·com ] - Please
click here to register as a volunteer
Manhattan
and Metropolitan: Serving
breakfast and distributing hygiene kits at the "Tompkins Sqaure Park"
in
New York on 4/24 from
10 AM to 12 PM. [ Contact: Bhavna Agarwal, 201·606·1699,
bhavna2006[at]gmail·com ]
Bronx: Cleanup
of external areas of
the Bronx Sai Center on 4/17
from 1 PM to 5 PM.
[ Contact: Harischandra Khemraj, 718·561·2592,
lepdana[at]aol·com ]
Brooklyn:
Distributing bags of fresh
fruit and Greeting Cards to the residents of the "Duncan Genns Assisted
Living" in Brooklyn on 4/22.
[ Contact: Angelion Anderson, 718·577·7773,
angelion7[at]gmail·com ]
S. Ozone Park: Distributing snack bags to the needy on 04/24. [ Contact: Nalini Devi Chan, 347·772·9262, nalinichan[at]gmail.com ]
UN:
Participating in a Bazaar Event sponsored by the United Nations Women's
Guild as part of the Group's Seva activities on 5/2 and 5/3. [ Contact: Beverley Getfield, 631·338·0693,
bevgetsai[at]hotmail·com ]
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Pennsylvania
Lansdale:
Providing fresh and packaged foods, cleaning supplies and toiletry
products for low income residents, through the "Keystone Opportunity
Center Food Pantry" on 4/26.
[ Contact: Trish Sneddon, 267·615·6709,
seegodinall[at]gmail·com ]
Pittsburgh:
Visiting the residents
of
the "Alice Davis Personal Care Home" (sing songs and distribute hygiene
kits) in Braddock on 4/22
from 1 PM to 2 PM. [ Contact: Venkatesh Namasivayam, 412·996·0900,
venki_namasiv[at]yahoo·com ]
Hershey:
Preparing sandwiches and
delivering to the Harrisburg Church Shelter, the YWCA Shelter and the
Lancaster Church Shelter on 4/24.
Vegetarian dinner service at the American Cancer Society in Hershey on 4/24.[ Contact: Jayanthy Nagarajan, 717·312·0847,
jayanthyn9[at]yahoo·com ] |
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Virginia
Fairfax: Making Baby
Blankets and
Hats (for donating to a hospital) at the Fairfax Sai Center on 4/24.
[ Contact: Bhanumurthy Akkupalli, 510·754·5950,
service[at]fxsc·org ]
Hampton
Roads: Donating Canned food items, groceries,
hygiene products and Breakfast items to the "Catholic Worker Church" in
Norfolk on 4/24.
[ Contact: Jay Singamsetty, 757·271·5594,
dhanuss[at]hotmail·com ]
Loudoun:
Narayana Seva at the
"Manassas Family Service Center" on 4/30.
[ Contact: Ramesh Mallina, 248·842·8990,
mallinarc[at]hotmail·com ]
Richmond:
Making Baby Blankets and Hats (for donating to a hospital) at the
Richmond Sai Center during the month
of April.
[ Contact: Suresh Subramanian, 804·310·4423,
service[at]richmondsaicenter·org ]
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