Tag: #CommunityService

Donation to Never Alone Foundation Food Pantry

AMSAS made an online donation of $500 to the Never Alone Foundation, Cherokee County, Woodstock, GA. This organization is dedicated to fighting hunger in our community and supporting individuals facing life’s challenges, regardless of race, creed, citizenship status, or gender identity. By promoting diversity and inclusivity, Never Alone ensures everyone is treated with love and dignity. We believe in their mission to help end hunger and are grateful to be part of their impactful work. Together, we can make a difference.

Donation to Second Harvest Food Bank

San Jose, CA

AMSAS made an online donation of $1200 to Second Harvest Food Bank. Our community is in crisis. Record-high food and gas prices, a housing shortage and the financial devastation caused by the pandemic have prompted another surge in the need for food assistance. Second Harvest is committed to doing whatever it takes to end hunger in our community. That means distributing nutritious food to nearly every neighborhood in Silicon Valley, leveraging every available food resource, and collaborating with organizations and people who share our belief that hunger is unacceptable. The donation will help them make it possible.

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Community Service: Breakfast Bag Donation with Nourish. NJ

Location:
Nourish.NJ, 36 Sussex Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey
As part of our community service, members from the North East branch of “America Saraswata Sangha” worked with Nourish.NJ to prepare and deliver 100 breakfast bags for people in need. Each bag included healthy breakfast items packed to help the people in need. Our members volunteered to carefully pack the bags and brought them to Nourish.NJ’s center in Morristown. There, the Nourish.NJ team distributed them. This effort is part of our Community Service mission, Shiva Gyane Jeeva Seva — serving others with compassion, kindness, love and respect, while recognizing every individual as a reflection of the Divine.

Community Service: Breakfast Bag Donation with Nourish. NJ

With the grace of our revered Thakur Maharaj, the North East branch of America Saraswata Sangha is partnering once again with our friends at Nourish.NJ, our joyful volunteer sevakas rolled up their sleeves, formed an assembly, and filled 200 bags with healthy breakfast items.
Bags were then delivered to Nourish.NJ’s Morristown center, where their amazing team took over and ensured they reached the hands that needed them most.
This was more than just a food drop — it was an offering of love, wrapped in the spirit of Shiva Gyane Jeeva Seva: serving every soul with kindness, compassion, and a smile.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this run so full of joy, laughter, and purpose.
And now, with hearts full and sleeves still rolled up, we are once again praying for our next round of seva — wherever our beloved Thakur leads us next.

Donation to IASF for Los Angeles Fire Relief

On 2/3/2025, AMSAS donated $500 to IASF for the Los Angeles Fire Relief efforts. IASF is partnering with 5 Sikh Seva organization to provide essential supplies to affected lower income people in LA. They have been driving once every week to LA since the fires to deliver essential supplies collected in the Bay Area.

Doing Our Bit to Support NC Community Recovery After Helene

 

Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina hard, with coastal towns like Wilmington, New Bern, and Jacksonville taking the worst of the flooding and storm surge. But it wasn’t just the coast—mountain areas around Asheville, like Hendersonville and Black Mountain, were hit by heavy rains that caused flash floods and landslides, blocking roads and damaging homes. People across both coastal and mountain regions are facing a tough recovery, and they need all the support they can get to rebuild homes, clear debris, and restore their communities.

Love everyone. Be helpful to others within your capacity. Wipe out the tears from the eyes of the distressed….Shri Shri Thakura’s letter no. 41

America Saraswat Sangha donated $1000 to the NC disaster Relief fund to help with this humanitarian effort.