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Dear All, We’re happy to announce that the first IRC Newsletter has been posted online here: IRC Newsletter Please note that our first daylong retreat, led by Mary Grace and Bob Stah, will be held on October 8. See the details in the newsletter. With Metta, Ines Freedman When: Sunday, September 11, 3:30- 5:30 p.m. Children and teens are invited to a fun day outdoors as we help to create the gardens and walking paths at the new retreat center. We are pleased to announce the first meditation retreat at the Insight Retreat Center (IRC) on October 8. We are delighted this retreat will be offered by the guiding teachers of Vipassana Santa Cruz. Saturday, October 8 • 10am to 4pm Mary Grace writes: As the Insight Retreat Center opens and develops, we are offering a day of meditation and silence to begin to bless the land and the space with our practice. We will offer periods of sitting and walking medita- tions throughout the day, some instruction and a Dharma talk. There will also be a period of guided reconciliation and forgiveness practice, honoring the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. No registration necessary. Please bring a bag lunch and meditation cushion if you use one. Carpooling: Because our parking is limited, carpooling is important. To coordinate carpooling, contact: Questions? Contact Carol Collins or 408-348-1385 7/21/11 Fundraising Update Our goal is $2.3 million. If you’re considering a major donation and would like to discuss it, please contact us. Open House was a great success! Those who attended toured the buildings and grounds and were apprised of the renovation plans. Some went on a tour of the now former “secret gardens”. ;-) Delicious food was provided, including home-made cupcakes and snacks made by volunteers who spent the previous day baking! Volunteering Construction Documents With Metta, Dear All, Below is a brief update of our developing Insight Retreat Center. Fundraising Update If you’re considering donating, this is the time that it’s most helpful. We’d like to complete our renovation before we begin to hold retreats. If you’d like to discuss this further, please contact us. Open House: Saturday July 16, 10am to 5pm. You can drop by any time during the day. Carpools from IMC will be leaving IMC at 9 am, 10:30 am and 1 pm. Please sign up at IMC or with Debra. New Managers and Work Days 3 New Managers Work Days: We’ve had a couple of wonderful work weekends at the center. It was very joyful having all the volunteers taking care of our new center, making connections, getting to know each other. It brought a beautiful blending of the Santa Cruz and IMC communities, and a real sense that this is our home.
Volunteer: If you’d like to volunteer and haven’t yet filled out a form, please do so here. Volunteer Form With Metta, Dear All, Since we will be doing a major remodel starting October, we don’t want to purchase beds until the renovation is complete. But in the meantime we have temporary caretakers and working guests who need a comfortable place to sleep. If you have a futon or mattress which is in good shape that you would be willing to donate or loan to us, we would very much appreciate it. Please send me an email and I’ll have someone make arrangements with you. Also let me know if you are able to drop it off or need it picked up. Thank you, Ines Freedman, Managing Director, IRC Dear All, Escrow closed yesterday, and we are taking possession of our new retreat center today! We’ll be spending the next few weeks getting oriented and learning about the property. Barb and Ted Wall are caretaking for the next few months as we continue with the remodeling plans and organizing volunteers to take care of the gardening and maintain the property. If you are interested in volunteering please fill out our Volunteer Form. We plan an open house on Saturday July 16 from 10 am to 5 pm. Mark your calendar. We’ll send an announcement again when we have more info, as we’d like to encourage carpooling. We’ll let you know how our fundraising efforts are going in about a week or so. Thank you all for your support, With Metta, Help support the Insight Retreat Center with a donation.
Dear All, Great news! Our fundraising launch began May 14, with a sangha member’s most generous offer of a $500,000 matching pledge! Every dollar donated will be matched up to $500,000. We had a wonderful celebration Saturday night, with beautiful music, and great food. We are grateful for the hard work of all the volunteers that made it possible and for all those that attended. There was a palpable feeling of warmth and community. For those of you who missed it, you can hear Gil’s talk from that evening on Audio Dharma. Updates of our fundraising progress will soon be available on our IRC website. With Appreciation, Ines Freedman Dear All, We’re very happy to let you know that Santa Cruz County has approved our use permit for our retreat center. Escrow is scheduled to close May 31st. It’s exciting working with our architect on our construction documents, designing the meditation hall, walking-meditation hall, 26 more bedrooms, new shower facilities, kitchen expansion and more. As I’ve mentioned, we are launching our fundraising campaign at our celebration on May 14 and hope to raise the funds so we can begin the renovation of the building as soon as our construction documents are finished and approved by the county. We appreciate all of you who volunteered to help, and hope to be in touch this summer. With Metta, IRC Managing Director May 14, 6pm to 9:00 pm Come join us in celebrating the founding of the Insight Retreat Center (IRC) and the launching of our fundraising campaign. In addition to dinner and entertainment, Gil will talk about his personal retreat history, and the value he has received from practicing on retreats. Questions? contact Hilary Borison |
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