Help us build the Shambhala Sun Foundation

By James Gimian, Publisher

We at the Shambhala Sun Foundation deeply appreciate your support. After all, we, as a not-for-profit organization, would not be in such a strong position to serve the dharma without it. And now your support is more important than ever.

As the year ends, we're pleased to report that readership of both Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma magazines remains strong. Healthy subscription and newsstand sales have enabled us to extend our reporting and community-building. And we're more than just magazines — through our websites, sponsorships, conferences, and programs we serve Buddhist communities of all traditions.

We've also extended our community through Mindful.org, a website (and related activities) that — although not yet revenue-generating — supports the growing movement to bring the benefits of mindfulness and meditation into homes, healthcare, schools, prisons, and even the US military.

Our work expands, but the challenges that come with being in the media industry are expanding, too: reduced advertising income, fewer outlets available for selling magazines, the cost of adapting to digital platforms.

If you wish to help, here are simple ways to do so:

    * If you purchase our magazines on the newsstand, please consider subscribing.
    * If you already subscribe, please renew or give a subscription to a friend.
    * You can purchase wonderful art from the pages of our magazines in our online store.

      In addition, year-end donations have a tremendous impact. In the past two years we returned from the December holiday to find sizeable gifts from readers in our mailbox. Both times these gifts (in the mid-five figures) made a considerable, positive impact on our ability to fulfill our goals. In the coming years we'll have to rely even more on the generosity of readers like you, who are as passionate as we are about fostering the growth of genuine buddhadharma, meditation, and mindfulness in the West.

      Please help support the Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma with a tax-deductible, year-end contribution to the not-for-profit Shambhala Sun Foundation. You can donate in the following ways:

      * Online at www.shambhalasun.com/donate* Calling 1-877-422-8404 ext. 36
      * Mailing your contribution to Shambhala Sun Foundation, 1660 Hollis St., Ste. 701, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3J 1V7.

      Thank you for your vision and generosity!

      Yours,
      James M. Gimian
      Publisher

      PS: Even if you're unable to help financially, you can still help by friending us online and sharing content from the Shambhala Sun and Buddhaharma with friends who might enjoy and benefit from it. Again: thank you!

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