Members of the Lower Mainland Sikh community came together to gather over 1000 toys for children, and handed out about a third of them to around 100 newly arrived Syrian children last weekend. Surrey MP Randeep Sarai says the Sikh community is paying it forward, from one generation of immigrants to another. “It’s somebody who helped them out when they came, whether it’s a family or a relative or another member of the community. And the one thing these members identified is that is, ‘look, we should pass that on and help those that are in need right now.” Sarai says though Metro Vancouver’s Sikh community has a history of humanitarianism, this was the largest fundraiser of its kind for them.
