In the pre-pandemic days, the Riverside Gurdwara was used to providing 800 to 1,000 meals each Sunday, its busiest day, Singh said. So the community, unable to gather in large groups inside the temple because of pandemic restrictions, decided to serve food out front — Langar-by-drive-through.
It's an act of service that, in the face of massive need and fear of infection, has required commitment, devotion and careful planning.Memphis: Providing for essential workers The University of Memphis reached out as well, Singh said, and asked for food for their international students stranded by the pandemic.
So with four volunteers, Bhatia set the modest goal of making and donating 150 hot meals. But as he started making deliveries, he said he noticed more and more people in need. The idea is to minimize his volunteers' exposure, he said."A lot of elderly and kids -- I didn't want them to go out. It's my responsibility."
"The shelters were in a dilemma," Sethi said."They get the food from restaurants, and the restaurants were shut down." To date, Sethi said, he and a group of no more than 10 volunteers have made about 20,000 hot meals and distributed them to shelters in San Jose and surrounding communities. Once a week, Sethi also distributes food in Richmond, California, where his family owns a gas station.
He's split his volunteers into four teams. Four volunteers are dedicated to logistics, he said. Their job is to keep tabs on inventory, figure out where to get more food and how to transport it to the Gurdwara.A team of six to eight people handles the cooking each morning."We have very large pots," Singh said.When the cooking team is done, another team packs meals into boxes to keep them warm and make them easy to distribute.
But the real success, Singh said, has been watching the greater Riverside community coalesce around his temple.
Those damn socialists....
Good people! Refreshing when we are surrounded by evil.
Much like America’s soup kitchens found all over the country :)
And, Sikhs are very respectful to everyone.
Sikhs are the best people.
Hindu temples feed millions everyday and even in US university campuses,Hindu organisations feed students. They just dont do PR.
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grannygluski It's wonderful!
Individually cannot become a millionaire. Doing business with the society creates it. Then need to give back to society also. All religious beliefs does the same - sikhs does it world wide.
True. I once estimated a solar system for a Sikh temple/community center in the East Bay and saw people from the community come and be fed. Beautiful people.
If he votes for Donald Trump are you gonna support his being canceled? leftistsEqualHate
They are a good community of decent people. Not only are they benevolent to society at large, but they value scholarship and hard work. They often make for excellent employees. It obviously always does come down to the individual, but that is from my own observations.
That's sikh! grapejellymatters
Sikhs around the world contribute in every field , working hard with honesty loving caring . God bless
Sikhs are some of the kindest, most generous people on the planet.
Rather have this guy as my neighbor than Donald Trump.
Fuxk you , I ain't retweeting this shit.
If you support blacklivesmatter then we need to protect this man at all costs!!!
Brothers & Sisters... Wahe Guruji ki Fateh..!!! I felt so Emotional while reading the entire Blog...!!! Amazing TeamWork & Building Community & Nation..!!! I wish I could be ever part of this fantastic Langar & Seva...!!!
The Jewish community does a wonderful job of this, as well. Loving to love. God is....
Sikhs are awesome people.
Brilliant!
Can you get this at the 7-11? Thank you come again!
.highly commendable! a great great concept of selfless service to the mankind and, this service is rendered all over the world. God bless them👏🙏😇 USATODAY washingtonpost AlArabiya_Eng TOIIndiaNews CBSNews BBCBreaking ABC nytimes Dawn_News geonews_english TFT_
Langar - emphasizes a concept of selfless service to the community at large Hello theJagmeetSingh NDP In Montreal they use Secret Police participants from variety of ethnics.. They tried to associate hidden HSS 'The Knife' weapon with Sikhs & kirpan UN
Respects! 🙏🤲
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