Grand Opening Celebration
October 19, 2017
5-Day First Intensive Retreat at New Center
January 1, 2018We are grateful for the community of volunteers who support our center. Over the last several weeks we held volunteer days where our many community members came to help get our center ready for our grand opening.
At the end of September volunteers cleaned up our landscaping that was littered with debris from Hurricane Irma.
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- Will raking
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- Maria bagging up debris
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- Tom and Josh pulling weeds
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- Derek moving sandbags
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- Nelson raking up leaves
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- Fred pushing the wheelbarrow
At the beginning of October, volunteers painted the exterior of our two smaller buildings to match the main Chan hall building. While others stuffed so many new mats and cushions so that we will always have plenty for meditation and talks.
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- Ron the painter, so grateful for his help
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- John painting
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- Maria painting
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- Eric painting
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- Hannah, Fred and Jim painting
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- Cushion stuffing
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- Mat stuffing
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- More cushions
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- Guo Gu installing our bell tower
Finally, at the end of October, volunteers setup our new vegetable garden behind our kitchen building. Now we will be able to harvest fresh produce from our back yard for meals on retreat.
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- Sally, Fran and Maria preparing the garden beds
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- Derek, Sally, Maria, and Fran planting kale and broccoli
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- Sally and Aaron planting seeds and Derek watering
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- Complete garden with volunteers
