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Nirvana Pagoda donation opportunity

We are pleased to announce a wonderful donation opportunity! In our first international donation program, New Moon Foundation is sponsoring an educational scholarship fund for the children of Nirvana Pagoda, a temple providing loving care to orphaned children in Vietnam. New Moon is covering all administrative costs so that 100% of donations will go directly to the children of Nirvana Pagoda.

You may offer a donation in your name, or on behalf of a friend or family member (a fabulous holiday or birthday gift alternative). For gift donations, we will mail a beautiful card to your person of choice describing the gift given in their name.

For more details about Nirvana Pagoda and New Moon Scholarship Fund, see the flyer below. Please also find the link to a pledge card that you may print, fill out, and mail with your donation to:

New Moon Foundation

Attn: New Moon Scholarship Fund

P.O. Box 1089

Kapa’au, HI 96755

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us:

By e-mail: nancy@newmoonfoundation.org

By phone: (808) 889-0615 (ask for Nancy)

We at New Moon Foundation are honored to provide this new vehicle that gives value per donation dollar, while significantly impacting the life of a child through education. Please share our web site with others who may like to help.

We extend our deepest gratitude in advance for your generosity.

For a printed version of the Pledge card or the flyer you see below, please click the following links:

Nirvana Pagoda Flyer

Nirvana Pagoda Pledge Card

Nirvana Pagoda (Chua Niet Ban) provides care to Vietnam’s most vulnerable children, including orphans and children from impoverished families.  Led by Master Thich Thien Phung, who, himself, was an orphan left at the Pagoda, this safe haven and temple provides housing, emotional support, spiritual care as well as an education to children of all ages.

Master Phung was recognized as one of the “Well Known Buddhist Leaders in the Modern Age”, published by Lao Dong, 2006. A joyous, happy spirit, Master Phung’s life is dedicated to serving the abandoned, orphaned and impoverished children of Vietnam. He lives by the philosophy that:  “Everything is always enough.”  In accordance with this belief, Nirvana Pagoda lovingly accepts any child left at its doorstep and provides each child with love, food, clothing and educational opportunities.

After her first visit to the Pagoda in 2004, New Moon Foundation Co-founder Thuy Fujimoto was so inspired by Master Phung’s efforts that she and New Moon partners Jim and Lynn Lally provided key contributions to help build a dormitory that currently houses 65 children.

New Moon Foundation Co-founders Thuy Fujimoto and Bennett Dorrance, Jr., have high regard for Master Phung.  Both recently visited the Nirvana Pagoda and saw, first-hand, Master Phung’s appreciation for every child and his ability to nurture each child’s dignity, talents and spiritual nature and, at the suggestion of Elizabeth Lindsey, a New Moon Foundation Board member, decided to start “The New Moon Scholarship Fund” for the benefit of the children of the Nirvana Pagoda.

The New Moon Scholarship Fund

The New Moon Scholarship Fund was recently established to uplift and educate the children of Nirvana Pagoda.  New Moon Foundation has offered to donate all administrative costs so that 100% of your tax-deductible contribution goes directly toward educating and caring for the children of Nirvana Pagoda. 

Your contribution provides scholarships, ensuring that the children of Nirvana Pagoda receive an education.

Your $50 contribution largely covers the cost of a child’s education for one year.

Your $75 contribution funds an educational scholarship for a child for one year.

A gift in the amount of your choice will provide valuable care for these children.

Join us in our support of the children of Nirvana Pagoda!  Fill out and return the enclosed self-addressed envelope and donation form; or send your check payable to ‘New Moon Foundation’ to: New Moon Foundation, P.O. Box 1089, Kapa‘au, Hawaii  96755.

New Moon Foundation (NMF) stewards more than 2,000 acres on the Island of Hawai‘i and is currently developing a Contemplative Education Center on a portion of these lands.  Inspired by Engaged Buddhist principles, NMF is committed to the practice of Right Relationship. We invite you to learn more about our charitable work, and that of our partners and friends, by visiting www.newmoonfoundation.org.

New Moon Foundation is a U.S. tax-exempt not-for-profit organization, under section 501(c)3 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent of the law under section 170 of the code.  An official IRS determination letter is available on request.