{"id":7710,"date":"2017-12-27T10:31:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T15:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?p=7710"},"modified":"2017-12-27T10:33:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T15:33:35","slug":"2017-accomplishments-recognitions-what-we-need-for-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/blog\/2017\/12\/27\/2017-accomplishments-recognitions-what-we-need-for-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Accomplishments, Recognitions and What we need for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Dharma Friend,<\/p>\n<p>As 2017 comes to a close, we look back over the year and are truly inspired by what the Buddhist Faith Fellowship of Connecticut has accomplished. \u00a0We offered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3 Buddhist courses<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>3 workshops<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5 meditation hikes via Buddha Gaia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 summer retreat<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Regular Tuesday night non-sectarian meditation practice<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Monthly chakra chanting practice<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bimonthly Practice &amp; Talk Meetings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bimonthly Buddhist Family Practice<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Weekly 12 Step Buddhist meetings on Main Street<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 field trip to Chuang Ten Monastery, NY<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 community picnic in Cromwell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fundraising for hurricane relief<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Updating our already informative web site<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Completed 17 years of being an active Buddhist fellowship<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>And so much more<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see, we have been keeping busy in 2017 but we will need your help to continue fulfilling our mission for coming year.<strong> \u00a0Please, sign-up to be a Supporting Member for as little as 39 cents a day<\/strong>. Your financial assistance will go a long way to help us maintain and expand our Buddhist activities in 2018 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to become a BFF supporting member; just visit our <strong>MEMBER web page link below<\/strong> and you can give a monthly donation for as little as $12 a month or make a one-time financial gift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Special Thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We would like to give a special thanks to Melissa, Glenn, Jay, Rich, Jonathan, Jessica, Janine, Joe, Eli, Chris, Teri, Sam, Beth, and Wesleyan University for their invaluable assistance in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tax Deductible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BFF of CT is a tax-exempt organization, under section 501 (c) (3) of the IRS code.\u00a0<em>This means that donations are tax deductible<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To become a supporting member<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/online-membership-enrollment\/\">https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/online-membership-enrollment\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>To give a one-tine gift<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/give\/\">https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/give\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your financial support. We really can\u2019t do it without you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy New Year! <\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>In gratitude, &#8212; <strong>Senpai<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Dharma Friend, As 2017 comes to a close, we look back over the year and are truly inspired by what the Buddhist Faith Fellowship of Connecticut has accomplished. \u00a0We offered: 3 Buddhist courses 3 workshops 5 meditation hikes via Buddha Gaia 1 summer retreat Regular Tuesday night non-sectarian meditation practice Monthly chakra chanting practice&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7714,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7710\/revisions\/7714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}