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of the “Neighbourhood House”, bringing love
and joy to them. Children and adult volunteers
from the Centre visited a senior home and
shared love through distributing specially
prepared greeting cards to the residents.
The South Bethesda Sathya Sai Centre
in Maryland celebrated Bhagavan’s 85th
Birthday with service projects and devotional
and cultural programmes. On 21st November,
alumni of Bhagavan’s educational institutions
presented a devotional music programme
interspersed with skits and a multimedia
presentation on Bhagavan’s life. The
volunteers also lovingly served food to those
in need.
C A N A D A
clothing was collected and distributed to the
homeless living on the streets of downtown
Toronto. Devotees also participated
in preparing and delivering vegetarian
sandwiches to various shelters serving
the needy in downtown Toronto. On 23rd
November, about 1,000 people took part in
Bhagavan’s Birthday celebrations, which
started with Suprabhatam followed by Nagar
Sankirtan. The day was filled with prayers,
meditation, Bhajans and talks by leaders
from different faiths.
Grand functions were held at various Sai
Centres in many other countries to celebrate
Bhagavan’s 85th Birthday. These countries
The theme of month-long Bhagavan’s
85th Birthday celebrations by the Toronto-
York Sathya Sai Centre devotees was
“Consciousness is God”. On 7th November
2010, over 900 people attended a drama
called “God’s Little Helper” enacted by 235
SSE children. Sathya Sai Centre members
pledged a ceiling on their desires and with
the savings purchased and shipped over 215
shoe boxes to needy children in Haiti. Warm
About 1,000 devotees participated in
Bhagavan’s 85th Birthday function held in
Toronto on 23rd November 2010.
A public meeting was held in downtown San
Jose, Costa Rica on 21st November 2010
to celebrate Bhagavan’s 85th Birthday. The
programme included talks on Bhagavan’s
mission and human values and a drama
“The Light in You”.
included Costa Rica, Bosnia, Netherlands,
Serbia, Hungary, Ghana, Dubai, Kuwait,
Kenya, Tanzania, U.A.E., Oman, Sharjah
and Saudi Arabia. Talks on the life, work
and teachings of Bhagavan, various service
projects and cultural and music programmes
formed part of these grand celebrations.
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