EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS! PLEASE JOIN THE FRIENDS PROGRAM TODAY!
Each month Gar Drolma Buddhist Center needs donations of approximately $1500 in order to pay the mortgage and sustain our operations. We do not have a benefactor or an endowment. Instead, we rely exclusively upon the generosity of individuals like yourself. If you attend Gar Drolma regularly, please consider regular giving through the Friends Program.
Student:
$20 month / $240 year
General Member:
$30 month / $360 year
Assistance:
$50 month / $600 year
Supporting:
$75 month / $900 year
Sustaining:
$100 month / $1200 year
If you attend Gar Drolma only occasionally, please consider making an offering on the day you attend. Thank you!
Gar Drolma Choling is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization. Your contributions are tax-deductible.
Checks may be made out to:
GAR DROLMA CHOLING, Inc.
THROUGH THE FRIENDS PROGRAM
“When the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the Tibetans will be scattered across the earth like ants and the dharma will come to the land of the red man.” Padmasambhava
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING OFFERINGS Since the time of the Buddha, offerings have been made by practitioners in order to support the teachings, practices and monastic community. Our situation is really no different. We rely entirely upon the generosity of many individuals to sustain our daily operations and special events. In short, the future existence of Gar Drolma Buddhist Center rests entirely upon the present generosity of our community.
We are very much aware that not everyone can afford to make large donations to the center. At the same time, the community must be able to meet basic expenses. Therefore we appeal to everyone to give generously. If each individual gives generously, those who are less able to give will continue to have an opportunity to attend our programs. Through your generosity, the entire community will benefit.
OUR MONTHLY EXPENSES: We have basic expenses to cover each month such as our gas and electic bills, mortgage, fire insurance and so on. In all these bills amount to aproximately $1500 per month. We rely entirely on the regular weekly donations of people who attend practices at Gar Drolma to meet these costs.
MAKE A DONATION using PayPal: Your payment can be just like any other online purchase. (If you have not visited paypal in a while you will be pleased to know that you can just use your credit or debit card rather than having to set up a paypal account.) If you want to use your credit card to make the payment on paypal just fill in the amount of your donation and then click at the bottom of the page where it says Don't have a PayPal account? Click here
MAKE A DONATION by mail: Please send checks to: Gar Drolma Buddhist Center 1329 Creighton Ave. Dayton, OH 45420
MAKE A DONATION at the center: We also have a donation box at the center itself. We welcome either checks or cash offerings. If you would like to receive a tax credit, please be sure to write us a check.