Kadampa Center News

Merit Box Donations are December 7th

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:16:39 -0500

If you have a Merit Box, it's time to empty your box and count your change. Merit Box donations for 2008 are due December 7th. Anything received after that date will go toward the 2009 contribution.

Please convert your change to a check or folding money so our dedicated finance committee isn't swamped with pennies and nickels. If you need help converting your change, as soon as possible so she can help you. Write on the check or cash envelope "Merit Box Donation" and include your name. You can drop it in the donation box at the Center or mail a check to:

Kadampa Center
5412 Etta Burke Court
Raleigh, NC 27606

We will tally your contributions and make a lump sum donation to Lama Zopa Rinpoche on December 21st, Lama Tsong Khapa Day. By making the offering on this auspicious day, the merit of your giving will be multiplied 10 million times! Thank you again for making offerings and practicing generosity!

December collection for Little Sparrows Orphanage

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:36:29 -0500

In December, we turn our thoughts to those in need around the world by collecting donations for the Little Sparrows Orphanage in Peru. These items will be hand carried directly to the Orphanage in January in 2 suitcases, so need to be small in size. Here are suggestions:

Children's over-the-counter medicines: Tylenol, stomach remedies, antibiotic ointments, etc.
Personal hygiene items: bar soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc.
Other (new or like-new): CLOTH diapers, children's shoes, socks, underwear

Los Gorriones (Little Sparrows) is a privately run orphanage in Ayacucho, Peru. Los Gorriones opened its doors to four children in March 2002: a blind girl with cerebral palsy who was found in a garbage dump among rats, pigs and street dogs; Yaneth and Jose-Luis, twins whose mother died during delivery and whose father is unknown; and Nathalie, abandoned at birth. Today, Los Gorriones houses 32 children, many of them handicapped, in a house designed for 24.

"The Sparrows", as the children of Los Gorriones are fondly referred to, attend school and are involved in many extracurricular activities to normalize their lives as much as possible. This orphanage is their only hope for survival in a desperately poor city that is coping with many problems related to poverty.

Save the Dates!

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:47:24 -0400

We expect Lama Zopa Rinpoche to give a 3 year series of teachings on the "Lamp on the Path to Enlightenment" at Kadampa Center starting October, 2009. The 2009 dates are October 1 through October 15th.

This will be a huge program and we expect people from all over the country and likely from outside the country as well to attend. It is a tremendous honor that Rinpoche has chosen Kadampa Center for the site of these important teachings.

Please mark your calendar now and plan to hold those 2 weeks as open as possible. Also, please let others who might be interested know as well.

More details will follow as we have them.