“SEVA volunteers, who provide food to the needy, pose on Tuesday in a kitchen where many of their meals are cooked at the Guru Nanak Dev Ji Sikh Society in Yuba City. From left, they are Daman Singh Bhangu, Karanjeet Singh Randhawa, Jetender Kaur Johal, Pawandeep Kaur Khakh, Jeevanjot Singh and Sandeep Kaur Johal. Chris Kaufman/Appeal-Democrat” (source: Appeal-Democrat)

The Appeal-Democrat, reporting out of the Yuba City, California area, highlights the activities of SEVA Selfless Service, a Sikh youth group in northern California that provides meals for the needy and homeless in the area:

“We don’t do this for religion. Our purpose is to serve food, and that is all,” [co-founder Daman Singh Bhangu] says.

The recipients, he says, “are just getting a meal. We’re getting a lot more out of this. It helps us grow as human beings.”