Tate Papworth
A group of community-minded people from a Sikh temple in Plumpton are banding together to help the needy.
Last week, the members of the temple set up a food station at DJ Cunningham Reserve in Melton and dished out over 250 meals.
Gurdarshan Singh of the Khalsa Shaouni Sikh temple said it was all about making sure everyone was supported during tough times.
“We organised lunch and dessert to help people in a bit of need,” he said.
While it was a logistical challenge to prepare so many meals, Mr Singh said the food quality didn’t suffer.
“It’s been a pleasure to help the community out with our white chickpeas with rice and a rice pudding,” he said.
“We tried to make it not so spicy so everyone can enjoy it.”
It’s not the first time the Sikh community has given back.
“At the temple we do this daily. People send a text message through, tell us what they’re after and then the volunteers get together and take it out to the people’s houses,” Mr Singh said.
“We serve about 500-600 people in the Melton area every day and covering almost the whole north-west
“During the fires, we went all over Victoria, even to the border of NSW serving the people.
“Once we finished that, the situation became normal, then this happened. So we’ve continued to serve meals and even provide financial help to the needy.”
