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From the writings of Kahlil Gibran: And there are those who give, and know not the pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with the mindfulness of virtue. Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes, he smiles upon the Earth.
Donation List Updated: June 11, 2008 See Peace Shareholders (interest-free loans). 367 Financial Contributors to the Peace Abbey in 2007-2008
(Unsolicited)
Ann Briley, Anonymous from Sherborn, Sharon Bauer & David Breakstone, Robert Osmunson, Caroline & Steve Lewis, Helen Chin Lui, Beth Debor,
Kimberly Gorall, Jessica Max, Elise Boulding, Joan Deppe, Nancy & Bruce Evans, Art, Kate& Francesca, Andy Celly, Gary & Connie Randa, Dan & Marva Randa, Bud & Shelly Jones,
John & Lois Jones, Ruby Krouwer, Leah Matuson, Peter & Jayne Hamel, Ali Koehler, Yvonne & Ronald Read, Shweta Jain,
Pamela Nelson Erskine, Beverly Rich, Diane Joyce, Christopher Eastburn, Jane Hammer, Elaine Nazzaro, James & Kathleen McGinnis,
Ruthanne & Ken Grundfast, Ruth Henderson, Barbara Thomas,
Helen & Amber Wallick, Krishna Bhatta, Ann Briley, Deborah & Joel Reisman, Gale Glazer, Lynn Gale,
Elayne Weener, Mary Margaret Earl, Nathmal & Saritha Narendra,
Maelyn Arvedon, Geeta Singh,
Peter & Susan Bernard, Robert & Hazel Raleigh, Alan & Cheryl Girelli,
Judy & Walther Rich, Sandra Jones, Barbara Thomas, Susan Tritell, Joel Gendler,
Jesscia Max, Kimberly Gorall, Martha & Peter Digiovanni, Robert Dove-McClellan, Vinny & Laxmi Jain, Will Tuttle, John & Melissa Levoff, Evelyn Kimber,
Johann & Tessa Le Roux, Philip Lussier, Ellen & Rob Little, Zylpha Sullivan,
Beverly Rich, Dorothy Torrey, Cythia Haigh, Asish Ghosh,Kimberly Gorall, Peter & Martha Digiovanni,
Robert Dove, Allan Giesen, Jacqueline Martin, Padmaja Surendren, Kerla Reardon, Carol Coakley, Joe Lillyman,
David & Cynthia Kamishlian, Anthony Lavely, Walter Ducharme, David Lewit, Padmavathi Parakala, Sudha Mehta,
Melody Tilton, Avad & Mary Ramachandra, Kathrine & Thomas McCracken, Alexandra Santilli,
Robert & Susan Bishop, Barabara Jacobs,
Patricia Maxwell, Kevin & Deborah Block-Schwenk, Maysoon Hamdiyyah, Nora Armani,
Mary L. Cromer, Paul Brailsford, Ann Briley, Dot Walsh, Richard Bourque, Steffi Shapiro,
Jennifer Campbell, Joanne & John
Bowman, Matt Kelly, Terry Brodsky, Michael D'Souza, Lynnette Krause, Carol Abarbanell,
Elaine Nazzaro, Sheila Joslin, Eugenia Korobovsky, Nancy Long, Claudine & Patrick Veistroffer,
Monica Alley, Carole Bull & Molly Mead, Bill & Lyn Herbert, Ruth Henderson, Abigail Jenks,
Patricia Tummino, Edward Agro, Janet Ferreri,
Marc Loustau, Adam Shive & Julie Hamilton, Mara Dowdall, Rebekah Ingram, Judy & Walter Rich,
Caroline & Steve Lewis,
Claudia Yapp, Landau - Lawes Family, AmyNoel Wyman, Madeline Champagne, Vicki & Mark Rapanault,
Patricia & Thomas Waltner, Annette Hamlet,
Charles & Christen Olson, Phil Levoff, Richard & Viola Morse, Margaret Morton, Elizabeth Bragg,
Dee & Bob Benish, Joyce Landau, Colin & June Cassidy, Mike & Mary Pat True, Karen Mirci, Kathy Phillips,
Eugene Golding, Margaret Waters, Joan Hill, Roya Saydi, Gina Rose Halpern, Dick Scobie, Ellen McCambley,
Carol, Bedrosian, Martin & Claudia Yapp, Ann Levinger, William & Dreama Brower,
Jean Comerford, Franco Giulianini, Emiy Petrie, Mariam Greenspan,Ann Briley, Patricia Shotwell, Dick & Jill Scobie,
Desmond & Karen Brown, John Platt, Elise Boulding, Olga Rakich &
John Schoenbaum, Linda Hood-Glidden, Anne Doucette, Karen Masterson,
Helene Wirth, Augie Chase, Bill Kelly, Howard Lyman, Devon, Kinkead,
Matt Kelly, Sharon Jacks, Kumara Sidhartha, Christi McKeen, Nick
Mottern, Bruce Nichols, David & Enid Wise, Louise & Severyn Bruyn,
David Rappaport, Julie Horgan, Stacey Anastos, Brendon & Monique
Byrnes, Marsha Schwarz, Pat Rockwell, John Higley, James Street,
Marjorie Mann, Brian Cron, Joan Deppe, Joan Ecklein, Lynn & Nathaniel
Rockwell, Margaret Michaud, Michael Cotter, Eric & Sharon Jacks,
Kumara Sidhartha, Franco Giulianini & Emily Petrie, Louise Coleman,
Phil & Betsy Lussier, Jayne, Ali & Pete Hamel, Emily Schulz, Adam
Pattantyus & Cynthia Schroer, Ken Weber, Michael & Barbara Holz,
Sarah & Robert Fuhro, Michael Swain & Karen Lumino, Beverly Rich
& Martin Kessel, Laurie Gass, Sally Swanson, Elizabeth Leiwant,
Dot Walsh & Andy Celley, Maura & John Leear, Bobby Niro, Filly Mastrangelo,
Richie Balanca, Michael Westerhaus & Amy Finnegan, Kelly Lydon,
Susan Mattad, Elizabeth Dudinski, Kym Ressel, Madeline Champagne,
Patricia Ferrone, Robert & Sally Collini, Sheila Fulginiti, Helen
& Amber Wallick, L. Matuson, Martha Mangelsdorf, James & Paula O’Shaughnessy,
Andrew & Sonja Hansard-Weiner, Ruth Henderson, Wayne Thomas Jaquith,
D.J. & L.M. Teubel, Elisabeth Leonard, Barbara Martin, Brick House
Realty, Abby S. Krouwer, Carol Coakley, James & Kathleen McGinnis,
Meghan & Scott Maxfield, Mare Tomaski, John Calabria, Evelyn Kimber,
Howie Willard, Mark Sennott, Sarah Fuhro, Ellen & Rob Little, Yoko
Kawashima Watkins, Dan & Laurie Everett, Judy Rich, Bob Scherr,
Ferd W. Wilder, Artemis Joukowsky, Lado & Shake Goudjabidze, Joanne
M. Szamreta, John D. Macdougall, Marilyn M. Macdougall, Phillip
Milgrom, Nancy Nowak, Lionell J. Goulett III, Susan J. Lee, Claire
Hooley, Polly & Gordon Marquis, Ann M. Briley MD, Edna Ward, Robert
& Rosemarie Connor, Dot Walsh, Andy Celley, Thomas H. Gale, Jr.,
Beth N. Rosen, Pamela M. Cobey, Hugh & Deborah Gelch, Eric Matez,
Dawn Griffin, Paul V. McDonough, Donald P. Brown, Richard & Cindy
Baker, Gina Rose Halpern, Richard A. Bourque, Lewis & Meg Randa,
Sarah L. Bourque, Sonja P. Metcalf, Robert Dove, Kenneth Glidden,
Fred W. Wilder, Diane Kersey Donohue, Peter J. Donohue, Paula Sherwin,
Emily the Cow, Elaina L. Shierman, Elizabeth A Lawson, Kevin
C. Lawson, Rosemary E. Haranas, Richard Fortin, Rosemary M. Lawson,
Genevieve D. Kohn, Kai N. Rostcheck, Mary Ann Fredrick Lawson, Ida
& Jean Jette, William R. Campion, Marcia Zais, Anonymous
covered the cost of Emily's Sacred Cow Animal
Rights Memorial ($135,000)
Organizations - 2007
Dana Hall School
Should you notice a name missing, please contact us at once and please accept our apology. Thank you FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS A special thanks to Evelyn Kimber and our wonderful friends at the Boston Vegetarian Society for bringing several hundred people to their 13 annual vegan potluck at the Peace Abbey. Over $3,000 was contributed for the Abbey's monthly operational costs through this one event! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who reached out to help us.
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Peace Abbey Gratitude Page FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSKatherine Wiley Blesses Abbey 
This past week Katherine Wiley, with her proud mother Miryam looking
on at the end of the Peacemakers Table, presented Lewis Randa with
a contribution of over $150.00, which she raised at the Unitarian
Universalist Church in Wellesley, MA. At the close of a recent church service, this young activist with a heart, and graduate of the Life Experience School, stood before her congregation and spoke of the needs of the Peace Abbey. She said she would be at coffee hour to discuss with others her love of the Abbey, the work undertaken here, and why they should pitch in and help. And that they did--contributing generously not only for the Abbey, but for this beautiful young lady who felt so strongly about making the world a better place. To Katherine, keeping the Abbey open was one concrete way of doing just that. Thank you, Katherine, for being an example of love in action. We are so grateful and touched by your spirit of service. Stained Glass Dove of Peace Donated to Abbey 
A beautiful peace panel in the shape of a peace dove was given to
the Abbey in loving memory of Rev. Dr. Christa Dixon, the orginator
of Peacemaking Panels. Christa was an ordained Presbyterian Pastor,
peacemaker, artist and was awarded the Peacemaking Award from the
Peacemaking Committee of the Grace Prebyery of the Presbyterian Church
of the U.S.A.
Christa's stained-glass panels grace the chapels in Sarajevo,
Yugoslavia, South Africa, Egypt, Dresden, Germany, Israel, and the
Peace Abbey. We are deeply honored to have this panel made in her
memory. It was given with a prayer that when looking at the dove
of peace, hearts will open to the oneness of all and rejoice with
gratitude and lightness of being. JEWELS FOR PEACE A gift of over $100,000 worth of rare, estate jewelry (one of a kind) was gifted to the Peace Abbey in an effort to keep the Abbey solvent. In the words of the contributor, "these pieces of jewelry were given to me by my ex-husband who bought them to make me happy. They didn't make me happy then, but do now in giving them in the name of peace to save the Abbey." This wonderfully generous individual lives in a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa and visited the Abbey for the first time in mid-August. As a result of this gift, we are starting the JEWELS FOR PEACE campaign to inform those who have valuable "bling" in their jewelry drawer or in a safe deposit box in some bank that they can offer it to the Abbey and put it to work for peace. All contributions must be appraised by the donor for tax deduction purposes. All donated items are held by a local jewelry store and are not kept on the property. More on this to follow. Please pass the word. 13th ANNUAL BOSTON VEGETARIAN POTLUCK AT THE ABBEY Another terrific gathering of people who "live their love for animals" by not having them killed for their food. Saying no to animal exploitation and yes to life is what the afternoon celebrated along with sampling of delicious, home-cooked vegan dishes and inspirational conversation amongst attenders. A special thanks to Evelyn Kimber and our wonderful friends at the Boston Vegetarian Society for hosting several hundred people at their 13th Annual Vegan Potluck at the Peace Abbey. The 125 course meal was beyond description with culinary tastes unavailable anywhere but an occasion such as this. Over a dozen volunteers from BVS and the Abbey handled every detail of the afternoon which included Andy Celley playing keyboard at the newly opened Emily's Roadhouse and Brian Cron and Madeline Champagne working tirelessly prior to the event and throughout. BVS volunteers were extraordinary in the kitchen -- serving hundreds of hungry attenders and cleaning up afterwards so everyone could gather to hear the inspiring words of Will Tuttle as he spoke about his new book "World Peace Diet" at the UU Church in Sherborn that always opens its doors to us. Will blessed the ocassion not only with his message of nonviolence but also by playing two beautiful, self composed, piano compositions for the well-being of animals. Dot Walsh had the pleasure of making the presentation of the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award to Will Tuttle. Her words will be included in the upcoming page about the event. Over $3,000 was contributed for the Abbey's monthly operational costs through this one event! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who reached out to help us. The Peace Abbey Scholarship Award went to Sarah Cullen and Marisa Picariello, Dover Sherborn Seniors who interned at the Abbey this past semester. Their involvement in the program furthered the message of peace within the Boston area and empowered people to do what they can to express their desire for nonviolent resolution to conflict in the world. We express our thanks to the many people who keep the Peace Abbey going in so many ways:
For the many calls, emails, prayers, contributions and efforts to save the Peace Abbey, we extend our deep appreciation. Once enough people know about our difficulties, enough people will offer to help. Offering without being asked is our lifeline to the future. We need only get the word out. See column to the left.
BLESSED BY VOLUNTEERS - We are very grateful and appreciative of all the volunteers who help us to serve our guests and visitors at The Peace Abbey. Gratitude is often spoken of as a way of being in the world which allows us be aware of the many gifts and blessings that come our way. Gratitude opens our hearts and allows us to be thankful in the moment and throughout the day. With this in mind we would like to thank Madeline Champagne and Brian Cron who come on a weekly basis to help out at The Peace Abbey. They have a clear sense of what needs to be done and go about their work in a quiet and respectful way. They clean the guesthouse and the museum-conference center, help with the animals, show up early for events so that they can greet people and do whatever needs to be done and much more. It is such a joy and blessing to have volunteers who are our friends and among the best friends of The Peace Abbey.
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