On Saturday October 3rd, 2020, The Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre hosted a Food & Essential Items drive to help any persons of need within the local community, as we entered a second wave of COVID-19. The donations collected went to support sisters and brothers in need, in particular women and children from the Battered Women’s Shelter in the City of Brampton, and the Seva Food Bank in the City of Mississauga, both of which the Centre has supported for some time.
Approximately 10 volunteers supported this Drive-Thru event, by directing traffic around the Centre’s parking lot, unloading vehicles, sorting, and packing the food into boxes, and loading these into vans to be taken to the shelters. All volunteers took care in wearing masks, following proper social distancing and safety rules during this time of COVID-19. The event was arranged in a safe manner to allow donations to be delivered without the need of exiting the vehicle with pylons marked and accompanied with directions provided by volunteers, allowing the comfort and safety of all who came to donate.
The event helped us towards collecting approximately 1,500 KGs of non-perishable food, 40 boxes of diapers and wipes for babies, and 15 crates of water bottles. All supplies were sanitized, isolated for a few days, and delivered to the shelters at a pre-arranged time in a method which followed public health protocols.
This event was organized by the Service Team as an offering for Swami’s 95th birthday.