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Olympia Zen Center Campaign 2015


  

       



                           Over our 20 years of practice in Olympia , thousands of people have come to Olympia Zen Center for meditation instruction. This winter during some torrential rains, our 28-year-old roof began to show serious need of replacement.  A bodhisattva offered an interest free loan to replace the roof immediately, provided that we return the loan on a timely basis. We accepted the offer and replaced the roof with a 50 year guarantee on materials and a 25 year guarantee on workmanship, well beyond my own life expectancy.

We are also faced with the fact that we have not painted the interior or the total exterior since the year 2000 when we first began practice at this site. We will have to repaint in the very near future. Thus, we begin a Capital Campaign to pay for the roof and also raise the funds to paint. Here is what we need:

$16,461.87 for the roof,  3800 sq. ft., including $3500 discount and sales tax

$   8,000.00 interior painting estimate, 4400 sq. ft.
$   5,000.00 exterior painting estimate

$29,461.87 Total

It remains important that I put my energies while I can toward restoring the health of the building for the next generation. I stand by the need to raise these funds through a Capital Campaign and ask you to stand with me in handing our sacred place of practice to those who will come after us in a manner that demonstrates our care and love of Soto Zen Buddhist practice.

I ask you to be generous, and I bow in gratitude for your trust and goodness. I promise to do my best to be worthy of your contribution that I fully recognize comes through your own hard work and effort, and to care for a sacred temple that you can feel proud to be part of.

Many bows of gratitude for your generosity and continuation of support.

Eido Frances Carney Roshi
Teacher and Abbess
Olympia Zen Center
http://OlympiaZenCenter.org

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  • Michele Walz
    • $50 
    • 8 yrs
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Eido Frances Carney
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Olympia, WA
OLYMPIA ZEN CENTER
 
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