Re: Introducing new program ===> Provide a day Of Lodging for Bhikkhunis and Much More

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Lal Senanayake

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Jul 1, 2016, 10:42:38 PM7/1/16

to Lal Senanayake, Sulo Wijetunga, dammith Chaminda, dammith rupersingam, Udana Ratnabharathi, Niranji Sumathipala, Ravi Jayasinghe, Vidura Talayaratne, Don Mangala, Gayan Potuhera, Sameera Kodagoda, Varuni Dantanarayana, Manuka Jayakody, Tharangee Jagoda, waruni jayasinghe, Raiska Senanayake, achal...@yahoo.com, sanat...@yahoo.com, Palitha R Arachchilage, anh pham, Nadeeka Wejesingha, Niro Senanayake, Mahin G, jay red, mala wijekoon, Priyanka Abeysekara, L Pathirana, Windy Lim, Kamalini Ranasinghe

Dear friends of Dhamma & Sangha,

As most of you are aware, we (Dhamma Dharini Support Foundation) have purchased a place for the new monastery in Penngrove, CA. Many supporters local and long distance have contributed many ways to manifest this dream.We are delighted about this development and currently many volunteers have been helping to get the new monastery ready for the opening blessing ceremony on July 16-17. We share this appreciative joy with all of our supporters

and we are so grateful for your support.

Now we have the financial responsibility for making monthly mortgage payment and the utilities. The monthly financial cost for all lodging expenses for the whole monastery -- including mortgage, taxes, insurance and estimated utilities-- is approximately $3872.

In order to be financially solvent, we would like to raise the money we need for the monthly expenses. For this we have started a new monthly donation program.

This program is called “Provide a day Of Lodging for Bhikkhunis and Much More”.

Please consider sponsoring the bhikkhunis’ lodging for one day each month. The total contribution per day for all lodging expenses for the whole monastery -- including mortgage, taxes, insurance and estimated utilities for everyone -- would be just $189.

If this amount is not possible for you as an individual to contribute, consider getting together a group of friends to sponsor the monastic community’s lodging for one day. If you & your family/friends wish to participate in this offering as a group, please have one person as a group lead to coordinate your friends donation for a day. We are hoping for an amount of $189.00 a day as a donation to sign up in our monthly calendar.

If you are able to donate any portion of one day yourself, but not able to get a group together, you are still welcome to participate - I will make a group for you.

We will be including this program also to the monthly Grocery Dana Calendar with a new line for the Lodging dana. In this calendar you can pick the day of the month you/your group wish to offer the lodging. This day will be dedicated to you/your group as you are the one offering lodging to the bhikkhunis. As the program name suggests, your lodging donation will not only be for lodging, but for Much More meritorious deedsfor you and for the establishment of Dhamma and will be supportive of those who practice the Dhamma for a long time.

To sign up for the “Provide a day of Lodging for Bhikkhunis and Much More”, please contact me(Lal.sen...@gmail.com) and pick your calendar day of the month.

Your donation can be auto scheduled on-line from our website link below. Please make sure to add a comment that your donation is for the “Provide a day of Lodging for Bhikkhunis and Much More” program.

To make a regular monthly donation through PayPal or Network for Good, please visit our website.

Again, we very much appreciate any support you can offer to make this program a reality.

With Metta & appreciation

Lal Senanayake, Dana Coordinator

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