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Our outreach to the Atlanta streets.



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Kashi Atlanta is in need of donations of supplies, time, and funding for our community service programs. Please call us at 404.688.6757 or email us to find out more.

Street Meals Archive
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Street Meals helps alleviate hunger for the homeless population in Atlanta. Every Tuesday from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., volunteers prepare meals at Kashi Atlanta. The next day at lunchtime, we distribute 350 meals or more in downtown Atlanta. Street Meals is supported by a dedicated corps of volunteers who are committed to seva - selfless service – as an extension of their yoga practice. Teaching people about the joy of community service is a part of our commitment.

We have just begun. We are working with different shelters and organizations with similar goals to expand the assistance available on our streets. We believe that there are no throw-away people.

We also need financial contributions. We can feed someone a good meal for $1.00, so no donation is too small or too large.

We need volunteers to help make and distribute meals, to organize pick-up and delivery of food donations, to pick up donations, and to shop for food that hasn’t been donated. You can also sign up to donate any of the items above, make cookies or muffins, get your employers to donate, or find us a source for bread, chips, drinks, and other food. Get involved and you really can make a difference. Learn to live from the heart and give from the heart.

For more information about Street Meals, contact Sadhu Bhagavati LaCombe, our Service Programs Coordinator.

The Word from the Streets - September 27, 2006

Namaste,

There are so many ways to serve. There are so many heart felt volunteer hours that go into our Street Meals program. All of the jobs meld finally into the end result…of handing out the lunches to the guys and gals on the streets.

First off, we are grateful by the grace of our Guru , Ma Jaya, and our Beloved teacher, Jaya Devi that this program ever came to be. It was Ma that was taught by her Guru, Baba, to “Feed Everyone.”

Every day, there is some action taking place to make this program flow. There are many shoppers, order placers, and people rounding up volunteers.

Tuesday evenings is when it all starts coming together. Every Tuesday, our team leader, Giri Devi gets her team in place and knocks out over 370 bagged lunches! There are the regulars, volunteers from Hands on Atlanta, and an assortment of other enthusiastic folks. Last night, we were graced by one of our local girl scout troops. There were around ten of them, and they had a blast! They all were a part of the assembly line of sandwiches, drinks, snacks that go in the brown bags with the words “Ma loves you” written on them.

I am not sure if they really know how important this task really is. It enables us on Wednesdays to go down and reach out to our friends in the shelter and on the streets. The actual food is so appreciated and it serves as a vehicle to be able to spend time getting to know some beautiful people. Many of these people, on a day to day basis, are ignored and not given a chance to share who they are.

We are truly the blessed ones that get to meet these gems of the streets.
Forever grateful to serve,
The Kashi Atlanta Ma Jaya’s Street Meal team

 

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Kashi Atlanta - Center for Yoga, Service and Community


Kashi Atlanta Ashram
Yoga, Service, & Community
1681 McLendon Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30307