Sat Nam,
To be known by our service. The work we do, practicing yoga and meditation, making important lifestyle choices has a greater goal that is to serve the community at large through useful and authentic ways. To achieve this goal we seek opportunities in Chicagoland and outside our local area to serve others without any thought for self.
Check in regularly to learn what we're planning and contact us at info@spiritrisingfoundation.org or call for information or to offer your skills, time and energy.
Seva Update
Contact us to learn the latest opportunity for Seva.
Seva Projects in the past included:
Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 - No More Left Overs! Special Post-Thanksgiving luncheon for families at Courtenay Language Arts Academy 1726 W. Berteau Ave Chicago, IL 60613. The American Sikh Community has been sponsoring Thanksgiving meals since 1992 for thousands of people over the years. This year we are serving the families at Amar Dev Singh's school! Even though it is in affluent Lake View, half a block from the Mayor's house, over 86% of the families live below poverty level.
May 2010 - Snatam Kaur & GuruGanesha Singh Events
- Paint the Fence
April 2010 - Chicago Books To Women In Prison program
March 2010 - Peoples Church - 2 Li'l Fishes Lunch Program
February 2010 - Breaking Bread at LaSalle Street Church
January 2010 - Children's Yoga at The Chicago House
October 2009 - North Park Village Nature Center
September 2009 - Food For Folks Program
May, June 2009 - Snatam Kaur Summer in Chicago 2009
March, April and May 2009 - Spring Cleaning
January 2009 - Operation Love From Home
Some wonderful quotes about Seva:
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
- Rabindranath Tagore
“Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.”
- Albert Schweitzer
“If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.”
- Mother Teresa
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
- Anne Frank
Service creates permanent love and friendship. Self-discipline creates grace. And the neutral mind creates wisdom. These are the rules of life.
- Yogi Bhajan 7/11/95