BMG Building Initiative Update October 2008

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Dear Friend,

We have wonderful news to share with you: The Building Committee has located a property that suits the criteria determined by the BMG membership and has been taking steps to secure the funding for an offer. Many BMG members have viewed the site, and a recent vote has shown that the BMG community is in enthusiastic agreement that this property could serve as a home for the Center. If you have been considering making a donation, now is the time when it will have the greatest impact. Due to the confidential nature of this acquisition we cannot post information about it on the Web site. However, we would be pleased to send you a brochure with detailed information if you contact the Building Committee at bc@bostonmeditationgroup.org or call Gene Blake at 617-510-8048.

About the importance of projects such as this, Paramahansa Yogananda wrote:

You do not know how much it means to me to know that you are all cooperating in such a wonderful way to help with the tremendous work we are doing… What you are doing is very pleasing to God and the Masters, and you who are privileged to share in this pioneering work are much blessed, more than you can know.

You can find more information here:

• Guidelines on the many types of donations we are now able to accept, including personal check, credit card, monthly debit of checking accounts, non-cash donations and corporate matching gifts.
• An updated criteria list describing the features that BMG devotees determined are most important in selecting a new home.
• An SRF Monetary Gift Form (PDF format) which can be used to set up a monthly checking account debit program or if you choose to mail donations directly to SRF.

If you have not yet pledged support and would like to do so, please complete a Pledge Card or pick one up at the Center. The Pledge Card assists our planning. We will never contact you about your pledge. If you choose to donate anonymously, please send a Pledge Card with “Anonymous” in place of your personal information.

When you send a donation, we will forward it to the Boston Building Project account at SRF and send you an acknowledgement for your records. For gifts of $250 or more, SRF will also send you an acknowledgement.

The SRF monastics encouraged us to manifest our goal through pictures and thoughts, and your input is both needed and welcome. Please add your inspiration to the Vision Board in the lobby of our Waltham Center, where you’ll find sketches and ideas from other devotees about the new center.

In divine friendship,
The Building Committee of Boston Meditation Group

You may contact the Building Committee through Gene Blake, 617-510-8048 or bmgbc@googlegroups.com.

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