Exterior shot August 29th
August 29
Calgary Buddhist Temple Blog
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The renovations started at the Temple mid-July and currently demolition is underway inside and out. You can follow the progress of our renovations and our fundraising efforts through the monthly New Temple Update newsletters. Click on the months: June, July, August/Sept.
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Temporary Sunday Service Location – starting July 6, 10:30AM
Hello!
Regular Sunday Services will resume on Sunday July 6th at 10:30AM
and will now be temporarily located at the
King George Masonic Hall
2323 Osborne Crescent SW
There is a parking lot behind the hall, and some street parking in the front.
How to get there:
From the South
- North on Crowchild Trail
- Bear RIGHT (East) at exit “17 Ave via Richmond Rd”
- Turn RIGHT (South) onto Richmond Rd
- Bear RIGHT (West) onto 2600 Block Crowchild Trail Business Access
- Turn RIGHT (North) into King George parking lot (behind building)
From the North
- South on Crowchild Trail
- Bear RIGHT at exit “17 Ave via 24 Street”
- Turn RIGHT (East) onto 17 Ave
- Turn RIGHT (South) onto Richmond Rd
- Bear RIGHT (West) onto 2600 Block Crowchild Trail Business Access
- Turn RIGHT (North) into King George parking lot (behind building)
Calgary Buddhist Temple Moving Day: Saturday, June 14th
Calgary Buddhist Temple Moving Day: Saturday, June 14th
In preparation for renovations starting in late June, we need to clear all the contents from the Temple by June 16th.
How you can help: You can help in three ways:
- Donating moving supplies like boxes, etc
- Packing up on Saturday, the 14th
- Moving out on Sunday, the 15th
Moving Supplies: We (really, really) need the following materials and would be grateful for any donations you can make:
- 50 cardboard boxes (!!)
- 10 Large felt markers to label boxes
- 10 Rolls of packing tape and packing tape dispensers
- Big stacks of newspaper
- 20-30 old blankets for furniture and fragiles
- 5 rolls of bubble wrap for pictures, small fragiles
- Fragile stickers for the fragiles
If you have moving supplies that you can donate, please drop them off at the Temple before the 2:00 PM memorial service on Saturday, June 7th or before regular service at 10:30 AM on Sunday, the 8th.
Volunteers for Packing Up: We (really, really, really!) need people to help go through things and pack up all the rooms in the temple on Saturday. We estimate that we’ll need at least 10 volunteers in the morning and in the afternoon.
Fortunately, we expect the work won’t involve too much heavy lifting so any one can participate in helping.
If you can volunteer on Saturday the 14th, please RSVP with Ken Madden at kenmadden@gmail.com . We’ll be starting at 9:00AM.
Volunteers for Moving Out: This is less urgent as we already have some volunteers to help us. However, if you aren’t planning to go the Father’s Day picnic and want to help on Sunday, we’d be grateful for your assistance.
You’ll even be more popular if you have a truck to help move things to storage!
If you can volunteer on Sunday the 15th and/or can bring a truck, please RSVP with Dave Robertson at dar.calgary@gmail.com . We’ll be starting at 9:00AM.
Thanks!
Dave
Ikuta Sensei, 49-Day Memorial Service – 2PM, Sat, June 7
To pay your Respects to this long-serving and Respected Sensei, in Calgary.
Saturday, June 7, 2014, 2PM at the Calgary Buddhist Temple
Capital Campaign for our new temple
The Capital Campaign for our new temple was launched with a presentation by board member, Jackie Robb, and Renovation committee chair, Laura Sugimoto, at the Lethbridge Hanamaturi service on April 6, and we are off to a great start! Our goal is to raise $1 Million, the remainder of our total budget of $1.95 Million.
Please click here for more information. http://calgary-buddhist.ab.ca/new-temple/overview/
Thank you those of you who have donated for your generous support !
April Donors
Roland and Brenda Ikuta
Barry and Jackie Robb
Doug Cruickshank
Lester and Mickey Ikuta
Kerry and Erin Nagata