The Tohoku Disaster Volunteer Center is located at the Sendai Betsuin. Volunteer activities begin with a brief orientation at 5:00p.m. which includes a tour of the facilities. Classrooms for the now unused pre-school serve as the sleeping quarters. Because the Volunteer Center is a converted pre-school, all the furniture and accommodations are too small. There… Read More »
The Sangha Teens have an outing at Disneyland on August 29, 2011. Thanks to Joy W. for sharing her pictures.
Participant registration for the new term begins on September 1, 2011. There is no pre-registration! This means that you cannot register for the new term until September 1, 2011 or after. All of your members who are currently enrolled in the Ralphs Community Contribution Program will remain active until August 31, 2011. Participants will be… Read More »
VHBT has toban duty on Thursday, September 15 to collate and staple the VJCC newsletter along with the Center’s shigin and shodo groups. All organizations (ABA, Fujinkai, Dharma School, YABA, Jr. YBA and Sangha Teens) need to supply a minimum of 4-6 volunteers to help. If, once we all arrive, it is discovered that there… Read More »
This Sunday, August 7, at 9:30AM, we will observe our annual Atomic Bomb & Vietnam Memorial Service. You may recall that a couple of years back, VHBT adopted the eight fallen soldiers named below for acknowledgement and remembrance each year. Once again, we honor their ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we appreciate today in our… Read More »
Hello Folks, Here’s your last chance this year to show your support for those wonderful seniors at Marie Callender’s! Flyer In Gassho, Dale Noriyuki President VHBT… Read More »
The Sangha Teens hold their annual Recycling Day fundraiser on July 23, 2011.
The Venice Buddhist Temple Sangha Teens (grades 6th-8th) is holding a ONE DAY RECYCLING FURNDRAISER. Please come drive-thru the Temple parking lot and drop off your aluminum cans and plastic bottles. You don’t even have to get out of your car, we will take care of the unloading for you! Date: Saturday, July 23, 2011… Read More »
I would like to congratulate you all on a very successful Obon festival for 2011. Amid the banter of worry about “Carmageddon”, concerns of rising permit costs, chickens too big/too small, not enough chairs and swirling winds blowing out the pilot lights…….we got through the weekend with perfect marks for inspections, sold out wontons, yelling… Read More »
VHBT Obon Festival, July 16 & 17, 2011.
