{"id":1391,"date":"2009-02-22T11:40:47","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T11:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedsikhs-canada.org\/demo\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2023-04-26T10:08:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T10:08:25","slug":"united-sikhs-feed-the-hungry-campaign-brings-winter-solace-to-homeless-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedsikhs-canada.org\/demo\/united-sikhs-feed-the-hungry-campaign-brings-winter-solace-to-homeless-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"united-sikhs-feed-the-hungry-campaign-brings-winter-solace-to-homeless-in-toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cUnder the \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 campaign, UNITED SIKHS will work with Gurdwaras (Sikh place of worship), to feed and clothe the needy from all communities around the world. To date 10 Gurdwaras in Ontario have agreed to participate in this campaign,\u201d said Charankamal Singh, Sikh Aid Director of UNITED SIKHS (Canada).<\/i><\/p>
To volunteer or to organize a \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 campaign in your city or town, please fill a form\u00a0here<\/a>. You may download a poster for the \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 Campaign\u00a0here<\/a>.
To Donate please go to www.unitedsikhs.org\/donate or post your cheque to a UNITED SIKHS office nearest to you. For details of our offices see https:\/\/unitedsikhs.org\/contact-us\/.<\/i><\/b><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:\u00a0<\/strong>On the crisp cold morning of 20th February, the Parkdale Recreation Centre of downtown Toronto was filled with volunteers wearing a dastaar (a Sikh turban), who were serving hot-meals and distributing warm clothes. Over twenty-five UNITED SIKHS volunteers were at the recreation centre to feed several hundred homeless people at the start of a \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 campaign, in response to the ongoing economic crisis which has left many people without jobs and homes globally.<\/p>

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UNITED SIKHS Volunteers distributing hot-meals and beverages to the homeless at the Parkdale recreation center<\/p>

The food drive that started at 11am with tea, snacks, cheek peas, salad, rice pudding and beverages, lasted until 2 pm. Clothing was also distributed to the needy. Recreation centre director, Charmaine Faredo, said, \u201cToday\u2019s food drive has helped feed a lot of people. We need to see more of such activities. This recreation centre opened in 1993 for homeless and even though several groups have supported in the past there is ever more need now to sustain the program. I thank UNITED SIKHS for their humanitarian support.\u201d<\/p>

Charankamal Singh, Sikh Aid Director of UNITED SIKHS-Canada, said, \u201cThe economic crisis has hit every community and many more families are now in need. The \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 campaign is a response to this need.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cUnder the \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 campaign, UNITED SIKHS will work with Gurdwaras (Sikh place of worship), to feed and clothe the needy from all communities around the world,\u201d added Charankamal Singh. Sikh Gurdwaras practise a 500-year-old tradition of serving free food from the community kitchen, called the langar .<\/p>

To date, the following 10 Gurdwaras in Ontario have committed to participate in UNITED SIKHS\u2019 monthly Feed the Hungry campaign : Glidden Road Gurdwara (March 2009); Reagan Road Gurdwara (April 2009), Dixie Road Gurdwara (May 2009), Scarborough Gurdwara (June 2009), Malton Gurdwara (July 2009), Oakville Gurdwara (Aug 2009), Tivalda Road Gurdwara (Sept 2009), Jot Parkash Gurdwara (Oct 2009), Mayfield Gurdwara (Nov 2009) and Rexdale Gurdwara (December 2009).<\/p>

Over the last four years, UNITED SIKHS has mobilized 12 disaster relief missions spanning 8 countries in Asia and North America, including the Asian Tsunami, Asian Earthquake, Hurricane Katrina and the Myanmar Cyclone. The \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 campaign is an extension of UNITED SIKHS\u2019 humanitarian relief work in response to the dire need for food caused by man-made crises.<\/p>

The Toronto \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 event was sponsored by a UNITED SIKHS Director, Baljit Singh, to mark the celebration of his daughter\u2019s birthday. \u201cToday is my daughter\u2019s birthday and I thought what better way to celebrate than to help and feed the hungry. This special day brings immense pleasure to me,\u201d said Baljit Singh from Brampton.<\/p>

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Volunteers being briefed before the distribution of clothing to the homeless.<\/p><\/div>

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UNITED SIKHS Volunteers distributing beverages.<\/dd><\/dl>
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UNITED SIKHS Volunteers in the kitchen.<\/dd><\/dl><\/div>

\u201cWe are committed to feeding the hungry. Our Sikh Aid teams would organize such drives each month to reach out to the needy. UNITED SIKHS\u2019 recognizes the human race as one family and it\u2019s in this spirit that we have started this \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 project,\u201d said Amneet Singh, a UNITED SIKHS volunteer.<\/p>

\u201cToday\u2019s effort was to further a 500 year old mission by Guru Nanak Sahib , the first Sikh Guru, to feed the hungry, \u201d said Ranbir Singh, UNITED SIKHS\u2019 Community Affairs director.<\/p>

To volunteer or to organize a \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 campaign in your city or town, please fill a form\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0You may download a poster for the \u2018Feed the Hungry\u2019 Campaign\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0To Donate please go to\u00a0www.unitedsikhs.org\/donate<\/a>\u00a0or post your cheque to a UNITED SIKHS office nearest to you. For details of our offices see\u00a0https:\/\/unitedsikhs.org\/contact-us\/<\/a><\/p>

For any further inquiries please email\u00a0sikhaid@unitedsikhs.org<\/a><\/p>

Issued By:<\/p>

Sukhwinder Singh
Director
UNITED SIKHS
sikhaid@unitedsikhs.org<\/a>
1- 905 672 2245<\/p>

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