Help Serenity Ridge Reopen!

Funds Needed for Repairs and Improvements

Dear Sangha and Friends,

Rinpoche and all of us at Ligmincha send our greetings. We hope that our retreats with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, our resident lamas, and our Western teachers, as well as our courses and publications, have supported you throughout this past challenging year.

Like you, we are starting to enjoy the lifting of restrictions and coming back together again in person with loved ones, friends and sangha.

Thanks to many generous donations last year at the start of the pandemic, and supported by receipt of Paycheck Protection Program loans from the government, Serenity Ridge remains ready to serve you and the whole Ligmincha community. We will open the doors to in-person retreats layter this year. We truly look forward to welcoming everyone back to Serenity Ridge! We are busy preparing to reopen partially this fall to support events held by The 3 Doors. our goal is to reopen fully for Rinpoche's annual winter retreat in December.

However, the more than yearlong closing of the center has created hardship. We had to let many of our staff go, and we have had to defer much-needed repairs and improvements. If Serenity Ridge holds a place in your heart, please consider a donation to help us reopen the center.

Our kickoff to this fundraiser was our annual summer auction, this year online. The auction coincided with our summer retreat. We are grateful to all those who participated and helped us raise $13,500 in donations.

But we must continue to fundraise to meet our $150,000 goal. The things that we need to accomplish to reopen the center fully include:

• Adding a new well and water treatment system to restore water capacity and quality. An earthquake reduced our water supply ($100,000).
• Replacing the 40-year old roof on the Lama House, Rinpoche's residence when he is at the center four times per year ($20,000).
• Adding food buffet stations with acrylic protective barriers known as a 'sneeze and cough guard' ($12,000).
• Repairing the exterior of gompa/meditation hall ($7,500).
• Clearing a trail/fire break from campground to stupa behind the Lama House and removing dead trees ($5,000).
• Adding trails to the river and old cemetery in the adjoining 75 acre of woods, purchased in 2019 ($3,500).
• Completing the installation of our ability to live stream teachings during Serenity Ridge onsite retreats ($2,000).

These improvements to Serenity Ridge will make our facilities more welcoming and safer to all, including Rinpoche and our visiting lamas, and create new practice opportunities. The trails will allow visitors to more deeply connect with nature and the elements. And access to the cemetery will allow us to provide burial services for practitioners' ashes, in time.

We receive every size of donation, no matter the amount you are able to offer, with deep gratitude and thanks.

if you would like to donate directly online via credit card or PayPal, to donate to Serenity Ridge please click on this direct link to the Serenity Ridge donations page or to the Ligmincha International donations page.

With much appreciation,

Rob Patzig
President, Ligmincha International