Volunteers

Volunteers are needed for all kinds of work. The contribution of even one hour is most appreciated.

Garden: weeding, pruning, mowing, landscaping

Office: light administration computer work, promotion of the centre through free publicity, cleaning, painting, sewing and hanging curtains, reorganizing the JTDL-Archives

Main Building and Retreat House: cleaning, maintenance, library, 1001 little jobs

Stupa: painting, gardening, electricity, tiling around

Shop: cleaning, serving customers, designing the online shop

Centre Support Group (CSG)

Interested in volunteering for the centre? Supporting the monks in their work? Helping the centre grow? Helping the centre in its ability to serve the community? Being part of a positive group of very cool people?

The CSG may be a good place to start.

For the first time in our Dharma Centre’s history, a Centre Support Group is being established. The aim is to work together to support the centre and its resident monks and nun in developing an effective programme and facilities in order to enhance the centre’s ability to best serve the community.

Type of work.
Although all of this needs to be discussed at our first meeting, some ideas of the type of work the CSG could take on and manage are:

• Programme and Courses - development

• Grounds – gardens and maintenance

• Membership – support, fun, administration, newsletters

• Community – outreach programmes, schools etc

• Centre promotion – courses, facilities, website, newsletters, signage etc

• Sangha support – supporting our monks and nuns – English, medical, community involvement etc

• Fundraising – event ideas and implementation

• More – am sure more ideas will come when we get together – do you have any?

Commitments of being on the Centre Support Group:
Commit to meeting once a month with the whole group (dates, times to be discussed and confirmed after our first meeting.)
Commit to taking on and fulfilling a task that you are comfortable with
Commit to being positive and harmonious within the group

We will need a Chairman, Secretary and a Treasurer….

If this all sounds like you – fantastic!

You are warmly invited to the first meeting:
Sunday the 21st September at approximately 1.30pm – after the shared lunch – at the centre.
RSVP – Ani Tsekyi – 435 4444 or email: dharma@igrin.co.nz