As the great pandemic opening unfolds across the country, Subud Portland is emerging from its Covid cocoon with its annual Matching Fund for SD USA ready to go. Without in-person groups of members to appeal to, it wasn’t easy to raise the seed money needed for our Match! Our coffers were empty as the pandemic forced all of us inside and onto screens. We had to come up with a new plan, and the idea of creating a cookbook was born. We reached out to our local Subud members and the cohort of past Menucha gathering attendees to ask them to send us one or two of their favorite recipes. The response was amazing, and we are calling it: Quarantine Cuisine/A Virtual Cookbook.
Take a peek into the pandemic kitchens of our Subud sisters and brothers and see what they especially liked to cook up to help connect with lovely memories and delicious nutritious meals while life was so restricted. All donors to the Subud Portland/SD USA Matching Fund for 2021 will receive a free virtual copy of the Cookbook on line.
Despite the fundraising challenges of the past year described above, Subud Portland has been able to raise $5,000 to fund the Subud Portland/SD USA Matching Fund for 2021. We are proud to announce that we will match any one-time donations made to Susila Dharma USA by August 15 up to our total of $5,000. This is a great opportunity for donors to double their impact in helping support the close to 20 inspiring projects founded by or with the major support of Subud founders from all over the world, with emphasis right here in the United States. We hope that you will respond as generously as possible to this matching opportunity. Your free virtual cookbook will be emailed to you before September.
How to donate:
Please make your check out to Susila Dharma USA) and mail to:
Rifka Several
1196 Holmes Court,
Livermore, CA 94550
You can also donate on-line at: www.susiladharmausa.org/donate.
As always, we are forever grateful to all of our incredibly generous donors.
Blessings and deepest thanks to you all.
Friends of Susila Dharma at Subud Portland