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Sikhcess Announces Sikh Community's Plans to Deliver 50,000 Food Packages to North America's Homeless Next Month
11/01/2007
http://www.sikhcess.com/feed.html
New York, NY, October 31, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Sikhcess™, a community organization dedicated to highlighting Sikh achievements and promoting the basic Sikh principles of public service, today unveiled the Sikh community’s plans to distribute 50,000 food packages to North America’s homeless and needy in November 2007, the largest ever campaign of its kind.
“I’m genuinely grateful for the outpouring of support we’ve had from the entire Sikh community in delivering 20,000 food packages to the homeless in Vancouver, Canada. It’s now time to broaden the initiative and capitalize on our momentum by aggressively expanding this effort to include numerous cities throughout North America,” stated Mr. Jatinder Singh, Founder of Sikhcess™.
“I invite volunteers from all groups, communities, and walks of life to participate and continue supporting our efforts as we rapidly expand this campaign across the continent,” explained Mr. Amit Singh, Executive Director of Sikhcess™. “Already, volunteers have started gathering at local Sikh temples and in homes throughout North America, actively planning to prepare, package, and deliver a record number of food packages to homeless communities in New York, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Newark, Boston, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Houston, Atlanta, San Antonio, Charlotte, Cleveland, Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto.”
Working to address homeless hunger, the Sikh community is taking ‘Langar’ (or ‘Free Kitchen’) to those on the streets. In order to do this, Sikhcess™ does not accept any financial donations, but instead, receives a generous assortment of groceries, dessert items, drinks, and even clothing for distribution to the homeless.
The Sikh institution of ‘Langar’ was started by the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak. It is the only free kitchen of-its-kind in the world, collectively serving millions around the globe each year, regardless of gender, social standing, caste, color, religious affiliation, or beliefs. Through this ideal of equality, the tradition of Langar expresses the ethics of sharing, community, inclusiveness, and oneness of all humankind.
With these guiding principles, the Sikh community has launched an aggressive campaign to ‘Feed the Homeless’ with distribution of 50,000 packages of fresh-cooked food to North America’s needy. In only a few short months, through its pilot program, Sikhcess™ has already distributed over 20,000 food packages, primarily to Vancouver, British Columbia’s East Side.
This effort starts with volunteers arriving early in the morning at Sikh temples to cook fresh vegetables in delicately-spiced curry. Volunteers then wrap the nutritious and flavorful vegetable filling inside tortillas, which are assembled into individual packages that include a bottle of water or fruit juice to drink, and cookies for desert. Once ready, these packages are placed in boxes and distributed to homeless in the area.
The Sikh community understands that while this campaign alone is certainly not enough to address the troubles of humanity, they are confident that efforts to feed the needy will, at the very least, serve as temporary relief.
Sikhcess™ does not solicit financial donations of any kind. Inquiries for donations of food and supplies for distribution to the homeless should be directed to [email protected] or to Mr. Amit Singh at 248-990-1245.
About the Sikhcess™ ‘Feed the Homeless’ Campaign
Launched in January 2007, the Sikhcess™ ‘Feed the Homeless’ campaign initially aimed to deliver as many as 20,000 food packages to Greater Vancouver’s homeless community in 12 months. Having achieved its target within the first 9 months of 2007, the campaign has now expanded throughout North America with hopes of delivering more than 50,000 food packages to the needy.
Sikhcess™ serves thousands of food packages to the needy. This effort starts with volunteers arriving early in the morning to cook fresh vegetables in delicately-spiced curry. Throughout the day, volunteers help package the nutritious and flavorful curried vegetable filling inside tortilla wraps, which are then assembled into individual packages that include bottles of water or drinks, and cookies or other deserts. Once ready, these packages are placed in boxes and distributed to the homeless.
Every month, the homeless and needy receive thousands of food packages generously donated by the Sikh community. In exchange, Sikhcess™ volunteers receive countless hugs, smiles and a heart-felt “thank you”, many times over. Sikhcess™ thanks all those who contribute to the ‘Feed the Homeless’ campaign with their charitable support of time, effort, food, and kitchen facilities.
Sikhcess™ does not accept financial donations of any kind. Inquiries for donations of food and supplies to the homeless should be directed to [email protected] or to Mr. Amit Singh at 248-990-1245.
Contact: Jasmin Guleria
[email protected]
Phone 856-905-2417
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