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In recent months, volunteers with United Sikhs have logged hundreds of hours, handing out thousands of meals to people without homes during COVID-19. Since the fires began scorching Northern California, those volunteers have prepared about 700 meals for people who have lost their homes or been evacuated.

Amarpreet Singh, who helps coordinate volunteers for the nonprofit humanitarian relief and development organization, said he is thankful for the opportunity to serve.

In recent months, Lara Martin’s life has been one disaster after another.

Tornadoes in Tennessee. Wildfires in California. A derecho in Iowa.

Now, Hurricane Laura.

“We’ve been busy,” said Martin, the in­terim director of US disaster response for the United Methodist Committee on Relief.