What                                                            we’ve been                                                            doing, what we                                                            plan to do and                                                            how you can                                                            help
                                                            
As the end of the year approaches looking back                                                            seems                                                            irresistible.                                                            Over the past                                                            months, along                                                            with keeping                                                            up with day to                                                            day                                                            maintenance,                                                            staying ready                                                            for Retreats,                                                            All Day                                                            Sittings,                                                            Quiet Weeks                                                            and welcoming                                                            guests, there                                                            have been a                                                            number of                                                            projects                                                            completed:                                                            adding a full                                                            bathroom and                                                            kitchenette to                                                            one of the                                                            rooms on the                                                            ground floor;                                                            a complete                                                            update to the                                                            Center                                                            website;                                                            planting and                                                            harvesting in                                                            the garden;                                                            installing new                                                            flooring and a                                                            fresh coat of                                                            paint in Room                                                            4; and                                                            maintaining                                                            the decorative                                                            landscaping                                                            around the                                                            building.                                                            We’re grateful                                                            to staff and                                                            volunteers who                                                            have been                                                            working hard                                                            to keep the                                                            Center in good                                                            condition. 
                                                            
There are a number of additional projects                                                            planned for                                                            2019 including                                                            replacing old                                                            mattresses. We                                                            would like to                                                            begin work on                                                            an equipment                                                            barn, and                                                            reduce our                                                            energy                                                            footprint.                                                            This would                                                            involve not                                                            only solar                                                            panel                                                            installation                                                            but replacing                                                            old windows,                                                            and an airlock                                                            for the                                                            reception                                                            area. (More                                                            news of these                                                            projects in                                                            the coming                                                            months.) 
                                                            
Please understand–we need                                                            your help to                                                            do everything                                                            we do. We try                                                            to keep event                                                            fees and                                                            membership                                                            dues as low as                                                            possible, but                                                            this means                                                            they meet only                                                            part of the                                                            expense of                                                            operations. We                                                            rely on                                                            generous                                                            donors to make                                                            up the                                                            difference.
                                                            
 If you’d like to sustain the                                                            Center in an                                                            ongoing way,                                                            please                                                            consider being                                                            a member.                                                             
To help with daily operations                                                            and general                                                            improvements,                                                            or to help                                                            others who are                                                            in need to                                                            attend                                                            retreat,                                                            please use the                                                            donate button                                                            below. 
Our warm thanks and deep appreciation to all who                                                            help this                                                            beautiful                                                            place of                                                            meditation                                                            flourish.