The Sikh Temple or gurdwara in Riverside is really the hub for this effort. On site up to 1,400 meals a day are served and together with area hot meal distribution, the local Sikh community has now served more than 40,000 meals.
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One gurdwara in Kent is delivering hundreds of meals daily to hospitals, care homes and vulnerable
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Done in appreciation of the services for the community in these hard times
Sikh Nation (Sikh Kom) which has been organizing blood drives since 1999, has roots in the 1984 genocide in India. Every November, the Sikh Nation honours the victims of the genocide remembering the thousands of Sikhs who were massacred in New Delhi and other parts of India.
Singh also delivered small personal pizza pies to the homeless population at Jamaica Center.
Volunteers from Sikh temples in Barking and Seven Kings have set up an initiative to distribute more than 550 meals a day to local food banks.
“I'm on a fixed income so our budget is running low all the time,” said Evelyn Hernandez, who was there to get food. "They're helping the community.”
"We want to give back but also give them an understanding of who we are because there are a lot of misconceptions about our religion, a lot of misconceptions of who we are and we want to educate them as well as feed them," says Tanroop Singh.