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One Really Good Idea – HIGHLIGHT
Supporters of Sky Lake bring a great idea to fruition: holding an online fundraising auction with items donated from local friends and all around the mandala by Irene Woodard First, let me answer a question that may be on your mind: Where is Sky Lake? It is located ... continuePosted December 7, 2017 by CGH
European Donor Group – HIGHLIGHT
Members of the European Donor Group gather in Bavaria, Germany by Hermien Rodenburg At the end of April, the European Donor Group (EDG) got a taste of the Bavarian Alps in Germany. We met there at the family home of Veronika Bauer, the current chair of the EDG. So, ... continuePosted June 3, 2017 by fredvanwelsem
How To Make A Sit-a-Thon – HIGHLIGHT
Dispatch from Northern California by Kathryn Rile In just four days the Northern California Shambhala community is gathering across seven centers and groups to host the first regional sit-a-thon, Sitting for Society. This fundraiser is based on a model that San Francisco piloted last year with the intent ... continuePosted November 18, 2014 by
Providing Funds for Six Projects – HIGHLIGHT
Trust Meeting MembersShambhala Trust Provides Funds for Six Projects at Spring 2014 Meeting article by Ginny Evans and Greg Lubkin, Shambhala Trust Co-Chairs On the weekend of May 16, 2014, the Shambhala Trust held its semi-annual meeting in New York City. For those not familiar with the ... continuePosted July 25, 2014 by
Give A Day – HIGHLIGHT
Day: Given by Gordon Shotwell A few years ago, I wrote an article for the Shambhala Times describing my own irrational willingness to volunteer almost unlimited time to Shambhala, but complete irritation about being asked for a monetary donation. It was strange for me to recognize that, while ... continuePosted June 26, 2013 by
An Overview of Shambhala’s Center of the Mandala Resources – HIGHLIGHT
In 2010, the Kalapa Council — inspired by the Sakyong’s 2020 Vision for Shambhala — made a decision to invest in providing additional resources from the Center of the Mandala to the Shambhala community. This allowed for the successful introduction of the Way of Shambhala curriculum ... continuePosted February 4, 2013 by
Fundraising with Beginner’s Mind – HIGHLIGHT
Current Centerby Marcelle Gilkerson The Shambhala Meditation Center of Columbus is a small center. For the last ten years, our home has been a cozy-but-beautiful rental suite on the second floor of an office building. With less than 1,000 square feet of space overall, our shrine room ... continuePosted November 19, 2012 by
A Path of Unified Fundraising – HIGHLIGHT
Lodro Rinzler, development coordinator for Shambhala’s Office of Finance and Development, shares an overview of fundraising efforts in 2010 and requests the help of all Shambhala entities to establish and operate within a coordinated, unified fundraising calendar. Three and a half years have passed since the ... continuePosted February 7, 2011 by
What is ‘Our Future?’ – HIGHLIGHT
Connie Brock, the Shambhala Treasurer, offers background for the campaign and answers the questions we most frequently ask. “Our Future” is the overarching funding campaign of our mandala. It was launched just before the Sakyong went into his year of retreat, and aims to place ... continuePosted May 2, 2010 by
Earth Ox Year Fundraising Calendar
It is the aspiration of Shambhala’s Dana Group to facilitate coordination of fundraising throughout the mandala. To that end information has been collected about fundraising campaigns that will be run by Shambhala-related entities throughout the year of the Earth Ox and posted in one location for ... continuePosted April 11, 2009 by