<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Buddhist Global Relief Annual Fundraiser</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=&amp;threadId=5597783</link> <description>Buddhist Global Relief Annual Fundraiser</description> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2014 01:38:07 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2014-10-19T01:38:07Z</dc:date> <item> <title>Buddhist Global Relief Annual Fundraiser</title> <link>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5597782</link> <description>Hi all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the time of year that Buddhist Global Relief (BGR) has their large fundraiser, an organization founded by the scholar-practitioner monk Bhikkhu Bodhi. You can also designate them as a charity on Amazon, if you like, and a percent of purchases goes to their work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can easily see how BGR alloates monies by just scrolling down any of  BGR&amp;#039;s web pages, where they have a pie graph of spending, https://buddhistglobalrelief.org. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their specific fiscal records of spending are also easily available in a click so you can assess how they spend your donations: https://buddhistglobalrelief.org/active/financialInfo.html &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example: here is their IRS Form 990 for 2013: https://buddhistglobalrelief.org/documents/FinancialDocuments/BGR_990_FYE_2013-06-30.pdf and in lines 14 and 15 of &amp;#034;Expenses&amp;#034; one can quickly see no salaries or benefits were given. This is a volunteer group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;91% of their funds are directly applied to their projects, like &amp;#034;Making markets for women&amp;#034; in Bangladesh [1] and rice intensification.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the walk dates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;Times&amp;#x20;New&amp;#x20;Roman&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;Times&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12px"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #b9310e"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;Helvetica&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Save the Date&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Ann Arbor, Mi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Sat. Sept. 27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Escondido, CA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Thur. Oct. 23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Houston, TX&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Sat. Nov. 22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Los Angeles, CA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Sun. Oct. 26&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;New York, NY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Sat. Nov. 1 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;San Francisco, CA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Sat. Oct. 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;San Jose, CA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Sun. Oct. 19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Seattle, WA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Sat. Sep. 6&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;St. Louis, MO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Sun. Oct. 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Willington, CT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial&amp;#x2c;&amp;#x20;sans-serif"&gt;Sun. Nov. 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I try to walk in NY, but may also make CT this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_____&lt;br /&gt;[1] Relatedly, but not BGR, see also Nicholas Kristof&amp;#039;s article in the NYTimes of the effect to war and peace when women/girls around the world also are educated in secular core subjects (math, science, reading..)</description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2014 20:19:25 GMT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dharmaoverground.org/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=&amp;messageId=5597782</guid> <dc:creator>katy steger</dc:creator> <dc:date>2014-10-04T20:19:25Z</dc:date> </item> </channel> </rss> 