September
A BIG OBON THANK YOU
Once again, the Vista Buddhist Temple Obon Festival was a big success.
Everything ran very smoothly, we drew a big crowd who very much enjoyed
themselves, and we raised a lot of money. Thank you to everyone, chairpersons,
temple leaders, VBT members and friends for all your hard work and significant
contributions. You guys are amazing!!!!
Obon Chairs,
Stanley & Ricky
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Jr. YBA Newsletter Article
Thank you for all of your help during the Obon weekend. It was very
much appreciated. As a new school year is approaching, that also means
a new Jr. YBA year is approaching as well. Before any new activities
can begin we have our annual conference that is going to be held on
September 4th and 5th in San Diego and hosted by the Vista and San Diego
Jr. YBA. I know it's going to be a lot of fun. As the hosting chapter,
it is our responsibility to have a hospitality room to host the ministers,
advisors, and chaperones during the event. The Jr. YBA members will
graciously accept monetary donations that will help off set the costs
in purchasing the snacks and drinks.
On July 11th the Southern District Cabinet held their elections meeting.
Michelle Yasukochi and I attended to cast our chapter's vote. Each chapter
can have up to 3 delegates present which means a max of 3 votes. Voting
is anonymous and is tallied that day by the Southern District advisors.
In the end we hear the final results for our new 2010-2011 Southern
District Jr. YBL cabinet. Congrats to Kurtis who will now hold the position
of 2nd Vice President.
…Katie
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VBT Book Club
The VBT Book Club will continue discussing Buddhism of the Heart by
Jeff Wilson at the September meeting. The next meeting is Wednesday,
September 8th at 7:30 p.m. at the temple. Copies of the book are available
for sale at the temple.
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Silent Auction and Boutique
We are happy to report that the 2010 Silent Auction and Boutique were
very successful. As you know, our success is entirely based on the donation
of goods for auction and quick-buy items as well as the donation of
personal time in the creation of craft and fabric goods made by our
members and dharma friends. Thank you so very much for remembering our
sale.
This is the fourth year since we combined the two booths, Boutique
and Silent Auction, and we continue to see beneficial results with shared
exposure to customers who formerly only shopped at one of the booths.
Thank you to all of the booth workers and volunteers who worked throughout
the weekend, as well as the pre-festival and post-festival workers.
We found a few new helpers this year and they seemed to enjoy participating
and we hope they will all volunteer next year.
…Jerry and Linda
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Garden Booth News
You did it again!!!! A big thank you to all of you who donated, worked
in or bought from the Garden Booth. We had another successful Obon thanks
to your time, consideration and patronage. It is always a good feeling
to see all the great garden material we have on Saturday noon and how
little is left on Sunday evening. We hope you enjoy your plants in your
home or garden and if you're lonely, buy a plant! Remember the Garden
Booth at Hanamatsuri.
…June and Diane, Garden Booth Chairwomen
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OHIGAN SERVICE
Saturday, Sept. 25
7:00 p.m.
Special guest speaker
Mr. Jeff Wilson
Author of the book,
Buddhism of the Heart
Refreshments following service
provided by Toban Groups 2 and 3
