Dear Community Members:
The Board of the Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario/ Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre wishes to inform all of you about our upcoming events for the months of May and June. Please mark these dates in your calendar.
- May 3, 2014 – TCCC Fundraising Gala Dinner:
This is our annual Fundraising dinner and we hope that many community members will join this ticketed event. Ari Dhonchoe Kungoe Kaydor la will be our Guest of Honour. Each ticket is for $100.00.
We hope to serve some great food and excellent entertainment by our Calgary based Amchok Gonpo Dhondup la and New York based best female singer in exile Pasang Dolma la. Tickets are available from any of our current TCCC Board members/staff, as well as at Tibet Kitchen, Tsampa Café, etc.
In light of Board’s resolution to not hold any night dance party during our tenure, also forfeiting a good sum of money we would otherwise be generating from these dance parties, we need this Gala Dinner to be a success. We need the Community’s support. If you can assist us with ticket sales (450 in total), please also contact Karma la, Vice President of Events at 416-659 7367. We hope the community will support us in this Fundraising initiative, as the Centre would greatly benefit from the success of this event. The proceeds, as you know, will go towards the operational costs of running our Centre, which is around $33,000 each month. This includes our monthly mortgage and Demand Loan payment to TD Bank for around $20,000. - May 4, 2014 – 10.00 a.m. – Community Meeting with Kungoe Kadyor Aukatsang:
The community will have the opportunity to meet with Kungoe Dhonchoe, His Holiness’ Representative for North America. You will have the opportunity to ask questions about Tibet issue and other matters related to the community. - May 19, 2014 – H.H. Sakya Gongma Rinpoche:
As announced, CTAO along with our Dharma Centres and Groups, Tibetan Organizations, Kyidugs, and Alumni Associations will offer Tenshug to H.H. Sakya Gongma Rinpoche. During this full day program, Gongma Rinpoche will also offer teachings on one of the sacred texts – “Shen-pa Shi- drel – Parting from the Four Attachment.” The program will conclude with “Tsewang Logyama.”
Ticket cost per person for the entire Day Program is $30.00. We hope the community will come out to attend this very important event. Tickets will be available with executives of our various Tibetan organizations, Kyidugs and Alumni Associations, as well as at Tibetan restaurants and businesses in the Parkdale area. - June 7, 2014 (evening) – TCCC Cultural Show of our Performing Arts Students:
Our Centre’s very own Sunday school program students will present a Cultural Show. We hope all of you will attend this important event to support TCCC’s Sunday School Program and our children. - June 13, 2014 – Saka Dawa Prayer and Tsok offering: Please join us to observe Saka Dawa with Prayers and Tsok Offering.
- June 21, 2014 – The Board of CTAO & TCCC Annual General Meeting (10.00 am):
Please join us to hear and learn about the activities of the TCCC and CTAO; approve TCCC and CTAO’s Annual Budget for 2014-15 and any other policy decisions.
We also hope to have our “Volunteer Appreciation” event that evening. The Centre has been run by dedicated volunteers all these many years and the Board of CTAO/TCCC wishes to acknowledge and express our appreciation of their continued support. Their valued time, varied experience and skills contributed greatly to the Centre. It is thanks to our volunteers’ generosity, kindness and hard work that the Centre is thriving. We hope other members of our community will join to thank them as well.
Board and staff of TCCC