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General ideas how you
can become involved in the ashram development with
your individual abilities. All these ideas below are
a bit flexible and can be taken on in part or
whole:
Adopt a
Room
This opportunity allows anyone to adopt
a room at the ashram. The first rooms up for adoption
are the 2nd and 3rd floor rooms in the main house.
Each room has particular and different needs. Some of
the needs include:
- New drop ceiling installed. The
ceilings are already dropped ceilings but the cross
pieces are rusted and need replaced. We have the
ceiling tiles, but need the aluminum cross pieces
replaced.
- Making sure the windows are
functional (some are, some aren't)
- Sanding the wood floors, staining and
finishing (not looking for high gloss and perfection,
but want them to look nice)
- Make screens for the windows
- Checking all electrical outlets for
function
In adopting a room to get it up to par
for habitation you can stop with the above steps
which would be adopt a portion and someone else can
adopt the rest of it; if you want to adopt the full
room then you would go on with the rest of the
project which is furnish it completely which includes
such things as:
- Two twin beds, mattresses and box
springs, pillows, blankets, sheets, pillowcases
- Two lamps
- Mirrors
- Night stands
- Dressers
- Blinds/Curtains
- Hangers for the closet/and check for
closet poles
- Any other items that make the room
homey
- Any wall art/hangings etc.
The person/people who adopt rooms get
to name the rooms as well.
Also know that some of
the furnishings may be purchased or donated by others
so adopting a room may not include every single thing
listed below. Direct any questions to Bhairavi
at contact@leelamata.com
Adopt a
project
The idea here is that the person or
persons who adopt a particular project pick something
that they would really like to do and then get it
done alone or with help.
For instance: A couple of the
outbuildings are filled with "stuff" if someone
adopted a project to clean out an outbuilding they
would sort through the stuff, see what is useable,
what is not and what can be sold for salvage and then
haul it off to the appropriate places.
Other projects: build a greenhouse,
start an organic garden, oversee the renovation of
the voting booth etc.
Offer a
skill
The idea here is to offer a particular
skill that you have. For instance: if you are a
woodworker you could offer your skill in woodworking
to build some closets in the small rooms in the wings
or construct worktables for the workshop or replace
or repair wood flooring etc.
If you have some expertise in plumbing
you could offer your skill in getting the bathrooms
in the wings operational.
If you cook, perhaps you could offer to
provide the food and cook for the karma yoga
days.
If you are a massage therapist you
could bring a table and work on those people who have
been performing physical labor all day.
Donate/track down
equipment
Just what it says; donate any equipment
that you either have or want to take the job of
locating for a good price so the ashram can buy it.
For instance we are going to need a sandblaster and
everything that goes with it. We will also need a
floor sander for awhile.
We will need lots of painting stuff
like brushes, drop cloths, paint pans and anything
else that goes with that job. Consult the wish list
for items we thought of or tell us what you have and
we will let you know if we need it. Thanks!
Prepaid
stays
This gist of this is that you can
pre-pay now for stays later on at the ashram to help
us with up front operating dollars. It would be a
credit to your account for use at a later date in any
amount you choose.
Donate
furniture
When it is all said and done we will
have about 30 bedrooms, several sitting areas, and
other areas that will require furniture. If you have
anything you are not using that is nice and has quite
a bit of life left in it, please let us know. Also,
you can consult the wish list and find out what we
might need new or gently used to furnish other rooms
in the house or wings.
Equip a
room
You might wonder how this is different
from adopt a room. This is more like the room is
pretty much alright but needs the equipment to be put
in it. For example: to equip a storage room for the
items we collect we will need the following:
Lots of storage racks, tarps, labels,
shelving, etc, etc. or the kitchen needs:
Towels, utensils, pots and pans,
silverware, spices, etc, etc. You could recruit
people you know to help you collect the items.
Donate
appliances
Again, just what it says. Check the
wish list or run things past us that we haven't
thought of yet. For instance: washers/dryers/
stoves/refrigerators/ blenders/mixers etc, etc.
Donate Van and/or
trailer
Hey, you never know what people have
sitting around that they are not using and if you
don't ask…. The type of van that we are
thinking of us a passenger van in which we can pick
people up at the airport and then we also utilize it
around the ashram with a trailer to haul things
about.
Donate
tools
As you can imagine we are going to need
a lot of tools and a great variety of them. If you
have any extras or ones you don't use, bring them
over. Also, anytime you go to a garage sale, pick up
a couple and bring them the next time you come or
deposit them at our Canton storage facility also
known as Narada & Leigh Ann's garage - just call
Leigh Ann at (330) 323-9185.
Clean the attic and
basement
In case you never got around to Spring
cleaning time, now is a good time to clean out
cupboards, attics and basements and encourage your
friends to do the same and see if there is anything
that you don't use that we could.
Summer/Fall
Camping
Cook forest is very close to the ashram
and it is a great place to hike, canoe and enjoy. If
you, friends and family and even your dogs want to
come and campout in exchange for a little karma yoga
(aka work) we have the facilities to do so. You can
utilize the indoor bathrooms and showers. This is a
great atmosphere to come home to and if there are
yoga classes going on at that time, you are welcome
to participate.
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