On the evening of June 2nd, the attendees of the monthly meeting at Scarborough Gurudwara were treated to four special presentations. Firstly, Surjit Singh Babra, a proud supporter and member of the foundation, was asked to share his experience of being a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his achievements, which he brought to the meeting and passed around for everyone to see! Read more…
On May 20th, the first monthly meeting for a while took place at the Foundation’s Dixie Gurdwara branch. It started off with a fun icebreaker for everyone to get to know each other. The previous month’s events were then reviewed and upcoming events were discussed. Sunny Singh, who recently went to India, shared his experience while visiting the Navjivini School of Special Education and the Jyoti Saroop Kanya Asra Trust Read more…
On April 29th, Sikhs across the GTA gathered to celebrate the 313th anniversary of the Khalsa. It was a cool but sunny afternoon as the Sri Guru Granth Sahib and sangat proceeded in the Nagar Kirtan, passing along five kilometres of Toronto’s streets from the CNE to City Hall. About 10,000 people participated in the parade at the CNE and more joined in along the route while lots more waited for the arrival at City Hall. This year, Read more…
This year, the annual Baisakhi Food Drive took place from April 13th to April 29th. Boxes were placed at Scarborough Gurdwara and sangat donated generously towards the collection for the Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank. Altogether, 2915lbs of food was collected for the thousands of people across Toronto who rely on food banks to feed their families. The Foundation would like to thank everyone who contributed.
