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Upcoming Important Dates:
- Nov 19th 2025 – Ladies Day Celebrations
- Nov 22nd 2025 – Bhagawan’s Centenary Birthday Celebrations
- 10AM -11:30AM
- 3PM – 8PM
- Nov 23rd 2025 – Bhagawan’s Centenary Birthday Celebrations
- 2PM – 9PM
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A) Swami’s Centenary Sadhana Offerings – Let’s come together and strengthen our connection with Swami!
TakeSwamiHome – Signup link
Daily Morning Sadhana – Join link
Likhita Japa Sadhana – Signup link
RSC Sadhana – Devotion WhatsApp Group
B) Service Announcements: –
November In Person Breakfast – Our monthly in-person breakfast service for the Raleigh Men’s Shelter is scheduled for Saturday, November 15, starting at 4:30 AM to prepare and serve breakfast. You may also sign up to contribute ingredients. Ingredients must be dropped off by 6p Friday, November 14 at: 1507 Gathering Park Circle, Cary 27519. If you plan to bring ingredients with you on the day of the service, please inform Manisha in advance. Kindly use the sign-up sheet above to participate in this service opportunity.
November In Person Dinner – Our monthly in-person dinner service for the Raleigh Men’s Shelter is scheduled for Saturday, November 15, at 2:30 PM to prepare and serve dinner. You may also sign up to contribute ingredients. Ingredients must be dropped off by 6p Friday, November 14 at: 1507 Gathering Park Circle, Cary, 27519. If you plan to bring ingredients with you to the service, please inform Manisha in advance. Please use the sign-up sheet above to participate in this meaningful service
Bi-Monthly Drop Off Dinner Service – Our next bi-monthly drop-off dinner service for the Raleigh Men’s Shelter is scheduled for this Sunday, November 16. If you’d like to participate, please use the sign-up sheet above. For any questions, please contact Manisha Dass at (919) 600-3191. Thank you for your support in serving our community!
Canned Food Drive In honor of our Beloved Lord’s 100th Birthday and the spirit of Love in Action, we’re doing a canned food drive for the entire month of November to support the NC Food Bank + Dorcas Ministries. Let’s live Swami’s message — “Love All, Serve All” & “Help Ever, Hurt Never” — by showing up for our community.
Drop-off: HSNC every Sunday in November (starting Nov 2)
Requested items: (No glass bottles, please!)
- Canned fruit & veggies/beans
- Peanut butter
- Pasta sauce
- Rice-A-Roni packs
Your donations = real impact for families across NC. Let’s make Swami’s Centenary shine through service + love. Questions? Text/call Manisha Dass (919-600-3191)
Ongoing Service Activities:
Card Making Service: We are happy to share a wonderful new service opportunity that is open to all center members—children, youth, adults, and seniors alike! Our Senior Wing has recently begun bi-monthly visits to a local nursing home, where they play Bingo and spend time with the residents. To support this heartfelt initiative and spread Swami’s love and teachings, we’re inviting everyone to make handmade cards for the residents.
What kind of cards?• Birthday cards
• General encouragement cards (with uplifting messages/Swami quotes)
Purpose: These cards will be distributed by nursing home staff to brighten the residents’ days with love and joy.
Materials: You can use anything easily available at home—construction paper, white paper, crayons, colored pencils, or markers.
Card Collection Details:• Cards will be collected on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month.
• The next collection date is Sunday, Aug 17
• Please hand in your cards to one of the officers at the Sai Center before/after Satsang.
What kind of cards?• Birthday cards• General encouragement cards (with uplifting messages/Swami quotes)
Purpose: These cards will be distributed by nursing home staff to brighten the residents’ days with love and joy. Materials: You can use anything easily available at home—construction paper, white paper, crayons, colored pencils, or markers. Card Collection Details:• Cards will be collected on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month.• The next collection date is Sunday, Aug 17
• Please hand in your cards to one of the officers at the Sai Center before/after Satsang.
Pediatric Clinic Food Distribution Project – This bi-weekly project involves distributing grocery bags to Lincoln Community Health Center Pediatric Clinic’s families in need. Any identified family visiting the pediatric clinic who is facing food insecurity will be given a grocery bag filled with dry/canned goods as well as a list of local food resources in the Durham area. Signup sheet has instructions and grocery list. For more information and any questions, please contact Anjana at 773.520.5009.
C) Sai center activities on Sunday November 16th at HSNC Rooms 3,4,5,6 :
- 3:15 PM – Setup
- 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM – Study Circle
- 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM – Open Bhajans
- 6:00 PM to 6:15 PM – Arathi and Closing Prayers
D) Registration is now open for November 2025 Medical Camp: Registrations for providers are now open for volunteers that can render medical services to those who come to the Prasanthi Nilayam Medical Camp for medical needs. Please register by March 1st. That is the deadline set as this year for Swami’s 100 birthday the medical camp will be for 3 weeks. Each medical volunteer is requested to at least volunteer 7 days. Please see below for registration links.
Sairam! November 8-24, 2025 Prasanthi Nilayam Birthday Medical Camp Registration Forms
3. Nurses form
E) National Go-Green Team Updates – For Swami’s Centennial birthday celebrations, the National Go-Green has taken an initiative to take 100 steps to become a Go-Green champion at home, school, work. As part of that effort, the team releases video every week on specific topics. Please click here for week25.