"By doing selfless service for at least one day, everyone should help the poor and needy. It is Amma's prayer that at least this small dream be realized."
— Amma
Since June 2020, AYUDH Atlanta — with the support of M.A. Center Atlanta — took on a new initiative to help the homeless during the pandemic, partnering with Food4Lives, a service founded by students of Georgia Tech and Emory to feed, educate and empower Atlanta's homeless.
AYUDH members cooked meals on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays and handled contactless delivery; the food was packaged in compostable boxes and distributed by Food4Lives volunteers. To date, AYUDH and satsang members prepared a total of 3,322 nutritious vegetarian meals distributed among the homeless in downtown Atlanta.
AYUDH Atlanta also held clothing drives in the summer and winter of 2020, collecting more than 2,000 pieces of gently used men's and women's clothing, along with boxes of jackets, sweaters and blankets, all distributed to those in need.
