You can help the monastery through the following:
Volunteer
สละเวลาส่วนตัวเพื่อช่วยงานของวัด
- Help is always appreciated to weed the gardens, water and fertilize the many fruit trees, remove garbage from the forest which blows in with storms, clear walking paths and groves from downed branches, and so forth. If you have additional skills to offer such as office skills, cleaning skills, construction skills, landscaping skills, and so forth, please contact the board members (see Contact page) to coordinate particulars.
Meal offering to monks
ถวายอาหารแด่พระสงฆ์
- The monks have one meal a day. In compliance with the Buddhist Monastic Code, they have to finish their meal before noon. If you would like to make an offering for the meal, please plan to arrive at the monastery by 10:30 a.m.
Donations
บริจาคปัจจัยเพื่อประโยชน์ของวัด
- You can help covering the costs for running the monastery including, but not limited to, utility bills, maintenance of the buildings, monks’ medical and travel expenses.
- Online donations can be made to the monastery through Zelle money transfer app from your own bank. Use treasurer@sarasotaforestmonastery.org to transfer funds from your US bank account to our Zelle account.
- If you wish to donate for any specific purposes, please indicate it along with your donations. Sarasota Forest Monastery is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, so your financial donations are tax-deductible.