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ORGANIZATIONS

Food4lives

GUIDING PRINCIPLES : We Live to Serve

HIGHLIGHTS : • 82 consecutive days serving food during COVID
• Volunteers from our Bhakti yoga families in Georgia Tech, UGA,
MTSU, Emory, KSU, and GSU did community work
• Serving since 2017
• Connecting the community to necessary resources by communicating
specific needs to expansive donor network
• Expanding service into Athens, GA where distribution doubled for
three consecutive services
• 650 boxes delivered to low income neighborhoods and community
organizations from Athena Farms donations
• Hospitals: 1,155 boxes to Emory Decatur ER, Emory Saint Joseph’s
Hospital ER, Emory Johns Creek ER, Emory University Hospital
Midtown: ER, Emory Hillandale ER, Emory Main Campus and
Northside
• Police Commissioner: 100 boxes

NUMBER OF CHAPTERS : One

MAJOR PROJECTS : COVID relief program, grocery distribution.

IMPORTANCE OF DHARMIC Connection through service is the most genuine form of community. We are
NETWORK FOR HUMANITY : honored to engage in daily sewa with the support and consistent efforts of
all those compassionate enough to extend their hands and hearts to help.

COVID-19 RESPONSE We seek out the homeless in a variety of Atlanta area locations. We have
HIGHLIGHTS : touched hearts in some of the most materially desolate areas of Atlanta.
The consistent service is a true testament to the strength and heart of our
donor network who have made these accomplishments possible.

INSPIRING STORY : One of our volunteers has made an extremely personal connection with
Elizabeth, one of the homeless. One day, she reached out to our volunteer
for emotional support concerning a deep period of suffering she was
enduring. When we went out for distribution that day, our volunteer had a
long discussion with her about creative outlets for her emotions. With the
help of our donors, we were able to immediately supplement Elizabeth with
the art supplies she needed to implement a daily spiritual practice that has
since freed her from some of the material pain she is subjected to daily.

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