Community Events
Give back to the community through fundraisers, donation drives, and volunteer opportunities, making a positive impact.
One of the main objectives of Susquehanna Malayalee Association (SMA) has been to provide service to members of SMA and the Community. After establishing as a nonprofit organization in 2008, SMA took a couple of years to streamline the operations and bringing efficiency in running the organization on a daily and annual basis. Once established, SMA decided to venture into other activities that benefit SMA members and local community.
Give your Time @ Central PA Food Bank
Every year, SMA members and their families come together with a shared purpose: to support the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank in its mission to ensure that no one goes hungry. This volunteer effort is more than just an act of service—it's a powerful community-building experience. Side by side, SMA members, including kids, work with dedication and compassion, knowing that their efforts contribute to a greater cause. Whether it's sorting donations or packing meals, each task is a step toward fighting hunger and making a tangible difference in the lives of our neighbors in need.
Volunteering at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank is also an incredible opportunity for team building. The camaraderie of working alongside fellow SMA members, friends, and co-workers in this meaningful effort strengthens our bonds and deepens our connection to the community. It's a day where we come together not only to serve but to inspire one another, united by the belief that no one should be hungry. Through our collective efforts, we bring hope, relief, and a brighter future to those who need it most.
Adopt-A Highway initiative of SMA
Adopt-A-Highway program reinforces PennDOT’s (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation) litter pick-up efforts by involving citizens across the Commonwealth in anti-litter efforts in Pennsylvania’s collective “front yard”, its 150,000 acres of roadside. The program serves to provide clean, well-cared-for highways for Pennsylvania’s citizens, highway users and the millions of tourists who visit the state each year. The program allows groups or individuals to become special “caretakers” of portions of state highways. SMA decided to support PennDOTS’s Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) program, by adopting two (2) miles of State Route 443, also known as Fishing Creek Road in Dauphin County. Volunteers of SMA will conduct four outings a year for cleaning up this section of the highway. This way we are providing community serviced through PennDOT program and SMA members are also benefited as a result of this initiative.
