Dear Family and Friends,
Please join us in helping Dr. Sankar Sastri, to raise money for Lakshmi Cow sanctuary, in Bangor PA.

Lakshmi Cow and Animal Sanctuary is a non profit, registered 501c3 organization dedicated to, reducing and nurturing animals. It promotes Love and Compassion to all being.
Dr. Sastri is a retired engineer who has dedicated his golden years taking care of this sanctuary.

We are helping raise funds for:

* Build a Fence around property ( 43 Acres), so the animals are safer and the protected grounds of the sanctuary are well demarcated for hunters and others.
* To pave the main road so the sanctuary will be more accessible to visitors year round. 

Fundraising Goal $20,000.00
Any amount is a good amount:)

Please help us by making a 100 % Tax deductible donation at :
http://www.crowdrise.com/lakshmisanctuary/fundraiser/sameerlal

 We appreciate your support.
Please forward this Link to your family and friends, who would be interested to help.

warm regards,
Neeraj, Meetu, Sameer and Ishaan

Here are some pictures from the day today. Swamiji from ashram was here. He talked about ramnavami and hanuman jayanti.

Namaste Bal Vihar Families. 

Balvihar annual day is planned on 17th May 2014. Like each year the event will be held at the temple premises and will include snacks, a cultural program presented by balvihar kids and catered dinner. To cover our food and other costs for this event we will be charging $20.00 for a family (up to 2 Adults & 2 Kids).Each additional person (e.g. kid/grandparent/friend) will be $5.00 each. 

Balvihar Volunteers will be collecting money during balvihar hours tomorrow -April 13. Last week we collected from only 19 out of the total 85 odd balvihar registered families. Please pay on time so that we can order the right quantity of food. A very limited number of tickets will also be available on the event day itself which will be $10.00 per person. 

Also just a reminder that we have one make up class this month. Overall we have three days of balvihar this month. Here are the dates:

6th April
13th April : Make up class
20th April 

Please note that we have our last make up class this coming Sunday (13th April).

Annual day preparation is in full  swing. Please contact any balvihar volunteer if you wish to help.

Yesterday we got an opportunity to host student and teachers from Unitarian Universalist 5th Grade Class. Very inquisitive and smart bunch. It was a real pleasure meeting all of them.

Thanks to Shweta Kadakia for lending me this excellent book.
I would encourage everyone to down load this very simple and informative book that goes in line with the theme of this year's annual day. This book explains why do we do namaste, why do we do aarti etc.