Opportunities for Service and Ways to Contribute
A fully functioning Dhamma house by the spring of 2017 is a very
real possibility! There are many ways to become involved and help make
this possibility a reality.
For those who wish to contribute with dana, the following is a list
of projects, with estimated costs for completion:
- Hardiplank siding for the exterior
walls: $6500
- Materials and labour for all porches
and entrances to house: $8000
- Baseboards for heat in the house:
$2500
- Materials for 4 bathrooms: $2500 for
each bathroom
- Gutters on the house to protect the
house from rain damage: $1200
- Signpost for our new Dhamma Modana
entrance sign: $100
- Drywall for house/workshop:
$7500/$4500
- Workshop siding: $5500
Volunteers with Workshop
Volunteers wishing to contribute their time, energy and skills are
encouraged to participate; you are a primary part of this Dhamma
undertaking. There will be many projects on the go over the course of
the next few months: dry walling, installing bathroom fixtures, tiling,
flooring, landscaping, painting, picking up materials or preparing
meals. Even if you don't feel that you have a specific skill to offer,
but you would like to be involved, please contact the volunteer
coordinator, as there are many ways to contribute.
Any amount of time would be helpful. Options include serving for a
day or a weekend, or for longer. If you would like to serve in any
capacity, please send an e-mail to [email protected]
The schedule will include sitting in the morning, breakfast break,
construction, lunch break, more construction, dinner, and evening
sitting. It will be a wonderful opportunity both to strengthen one's
practice in a Dhamma setting, and help with a very inspiring
project.
This is an exciting time, which offers a unique opportunity to be
involved in the establishment of a vipassana retreat center on the
island. We are so close to bringing the dream of a Dhamma house to
fruition!
The Trust is considering the option of taking out small,
non-interest-bearing or very low interest-bearing loans that would
provide a fairly long time frame to pay back. If you are interested in
this, please contact [email protected]
Blog Entries
The process of construction this summer has been well chronicled in
a number of blog entries posted on the www.modana.dhamma.org site. Here
are the links:
A donor was inspired by this forward direction, and a donation of
$100,000 was given. To contribute to this project, click here�
The Trustees are very excited to be moving forward in a new phase of
the development of the Lake Cowichan Dhamma Modana property.
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