Virya means Joyful Effort

HOW CAN I HELP?

There are several ways you can help.

You can join one of our Committees and
share your skills, interests and time.

ACI-Cape Ann is looking for volunteers with non-profit grant research and writing expertise. Please contact the ACI-CA Development Committee.

Communications Committee
The Communications Committee is charged with website design, coordination of data base, emails, design and dissemination of flyers and other publications, mailings, website updates, and press contacts, as well as providing resources and information to the community at large and connecting newer members with more seasoned practitioners. Chairs: Stacey Fisher and Larry Wolf. Contact the committee at communications@aci-capeann.org

Facilities and Hospitality Committee
The Facilities and Hospitality Committee is charged with organizing and managing our center and Lama apartment at 154 Granite Street, Rockport, as well as locating, and coordinating our use of, rented facilities for sponsored events. In addition, the Committee is responsible for preparing teaching sites, scheduling welcome and registration, organizing refreshments, and arranging for visiting teacher’s accommodations. Chairs: Craig Dulong, Leslie Whelan and Bonnie Stafford. Contact the committee at facilitiesandhospitality@aci-capeann.org

Finance and Development Committee
The Finance and Development Committee is charged with ongoing management of ACI-Cape Ann’s fiscal resources, preparing and distributing timely reports to the board, and making recommendations concerning committee budgets. The Development arm of the Committee is charged with the immediate and long term financial planning and fund raising for ACI-Cape Ann’s commitments and activities. Volunteers with a background in finance or fund raising would be especially appreciated, but all folks interested in serving our sangha on this committee are encouraged to sign up. Interim Chairs: Elizabeth Toulan and Lori MacDonald. Contact the committee at financeanddevelopment@aci-capeann.org

Program Committee
The Program Committee is charged with organizing, planning, scheduling all program offerings, preparing teaching materials and communications content for ACI-Cape Ann program offerings, and maintaining our library. Chairs: Margaret Redington and Bob Arnold. Contact the committee at program@aci-capeann.org

Scholarship Fund Committee
The Scholarship Committee is charged with accepting and reviewing applications for scholarships; and making recommendations to the Board’s Executive Committee on scholarship awards consistent with ACI-CA’s scholarship guidelines. Chairs: Anne Meyer, Anita Pandolfe-Ruchman and Mary Kay Dyer. Contact the committee at scholarships@aci-capeann.org


You can make a tax-deductible donation to ACI-Cape Ann.
ACI-Cape Ann is a tax-exempt Massachusetts non-profit corporation. Accordingly, all of your financial gifts to ACI-Cape Ann are tax-deductible. Whatever you can give to ACI-Cape Ann, whether in the form of a recurring monthly or quarterly pledge, an annual gift or one-time bequest, will be appreciated greatly. ACI-Cape Ann has three funds from which you can choose to make your donations:

ACI-Cape Ann general operating fund.
ACI-Cape Ann relies on donations to keep its doors open. Your generous donations to this fund will help us maintain our principal facility, the Vajramudra Center, at 154 Granite Street, Rockport, MA, allowing us to offer Vajrayana Buddhist teachings free of charge to the public.

ACI-Cape Ann retreat property fund.
The Vajrayana Buddhist practice is deepened through ever longer periods of quiet, solitary retreat. In order to support the meditation practice of teachers and students, ACI-Cape Ann must find and operate a suitable property that will promote and sustain extended periods of silent, solitary retreat. We are actively seeking a property in close proximity to ACI-Cape Ann to fulfill this critical purpose of the Vajrayana practice for all serious practitioners.

ACI-Cape Ann scholarship fund.
The mission of the ACI-Cape Ann Inc. Scholarship Fund is to support individuals who are: 1) seeking short (up to three weeks) meditative retreats; 2) pursuing studies; or 3) pursuing teacher training, all for the purpose of ending suffering, promoting happiness, and reaching total enlightenment through practice in the tradition of Mahayana Buddhism.

For application information, please click here.