With the support of the sangat at Scarborough Gurdwara, 2460 lbs of food was collected for the Daily Bread Food Bank. The food was collected from Vaisakhi on April 14th to the Nagar Kirtan on April 29th. The Daily Bread Food Bank appreciated the effort from the Sikh community and they acknowledged this in a thank you letter.
The challenge at this year’s Nagar Kirtan was the change in venue, from the Better Living Centre to the Enercare Building at the CNE. Although the distance between the locations is close, it lead to some confusion as the sangat was dropped off at different locations at the CNE, meaning some elderly and those with children had to walk Read more…
With the help of 770AM Punjabi hosts, a Vaisakhi Radiothon was held in support of the children sponsored by the GGSCF. The response from the listening sangat was overwhelming on this historic anniversary of the Khalsa. In total $35,000 was pledged and volunteers spent time collecting credit card donations online Read more…
The annual food drive for the Daily Bread Food Bank was held from October 28th to November 13th at Scarborough Gurdwara on the occasion of Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Gurpurab. In total 8442 lbs of food was collected and delivered to the Daily Bread Food Bank where it will be packaged and provided to those in need. Read more…