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Tibet Girls School: NEWS

Give Wrapping Event Proceeds Go to Tibet Girls School

Come by our gift wrapping table at Barnes and Nobel Booksellers at Sherman Plaza in Evanston. Have your purchases wrapped for you and all proceeds benefit Tibet Girls School.

Monday, December 21, 2009
6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Barnes and Nobel Booksellers
1630 Sherman Avenue, Evanston

Happy Holidays! And thank you so much for your support. See photos >>

Heartwood's Fabulous 10th Anniversary Party

Saturday, December 12, 2009
6:00 pm into the evening
1599 Maple Avenue, Evanston

Please be our guests to celebrate Heartwood's 10 years at the forefront of holistic healthcare. Tsogyaling Meditation Center is delighted to shar in honoring Heartwood for its contributions to the community, which includes hosting our weekly meditation classes. Join us for delicious Indian food, bhangra dancing and warm community connections.

No RSVP needed. For more info, call 847.491.1122 x11 or click here to email.

Girls Begin Health Curriculum

September 2009: Northwestern faculty member Antonio Terrone delivers the book Our Bodies, Ourselves translated into Tibetan to the Tibet Girls School as they begin their year-long currculum on health and wellness.

Garage Sale and Fall Fundraise

September 12 and 13, 2009: Come by our Multi-Family Garage Sale and Fundraiser for Tibet Girls School. Check out the best garage sale ever with lots and lots of great items, including furniture, clothing, household items, books and much more. 100% of proceeds benefit our school for Tibetan girls.

• WHERE:
  1306 Oak Street in Evanston
  along the alleyway just behind the house
  (near Dempster and Ridge Avenues)
  

• WHEN:
  Saturday, Sept 12, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  Sunday, Sept 13, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Updates from Tibet Girls School Students

August 2009: We've received new photos from the school along with reports about how students are improving their skills.

Tibetan/Chinese Friendship Group Meets

July 24, 2009: The first meeting of our Tibetan/Chinese Friendship Group included one Chinese student and three Tibetans. Participants got to know each others' cultures and they really spoke from the heart about their lives and experiences. The Chinese student had never met Tibetan people before. They talked about their families, traditional clothing, and food and even shared some of their feelings about the situation in Tibet/China. By the end of the session, they realized how much they had in common rather than all of the differences. Plans were made to meet again in Chinatown for Dim Sum.

Support Tibet Girls School: Come to Our Bake Sale

July 22, 2009: Hungry? Stop by the Ridgeville Farmer's Market on this Wednesday evening from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. and pick up some bake goods. Proceeds from our sales at our table there will support Tibet Girls School. The market takes place at 908 Seward in Evanston (just off Ridge and north of Oakton Street) and features local and organic produce and more. Every week non-profits like us are invited to talk about our programs and take donations.

Tsogyaling Exhibiting at 25th International Buddhism Festival

June 13, 2009: Visit our table at the 25th International Buddhism Festival presented by the Buddhist Council of the Midwest. The festival begins at 9:30 am and exhibits and workshops are available beginning at 1:00 pm at the Lake Street Church in Evanston (on the Northwest corner of Lake and Chicago). Festivities include food, talks from three major traditions, meditation instruction, workshops, a children's program and cultural performances. Everyone is welcome!

Heartwood Art Show Features Tibet Girls School

May 15, 2009: Heartwood Center for body mind spirit hosts a Community Celebration and premiers a new photography exhibit featuring Tibet Girls School. Several of the images on the Tsogyaling web site are included, as well as photos of practitioners participating in the Women and Cancer Program.

Evanston's Wild Tree Cafe Donating Proceeds to Tibet Girls School

May 4, 2009: On the first Monday of every month—starting May 4—Wild Tree Cafe will be generously donating 60% of all proceeds to Tibet Girls School. Asang and Dorjee will be there each time to answer questions and talk about the school. Owner Ivy Boyer (also a board member of Tsogyaling Meditation Center of Evanston) and her cafe do so much to support the community with their efforts...and with their delicious menu. Please make a point to have breakfast, lunch or your next coffee/tea break on a first Monday at Wild Tree Cafe.

Tsogyaling Participates in Global Activism Expo 2009 (it's free!)

April 25, 2009: Visit our booth at the Global Activism Expo on Saturday, April 25, noon to 6:00 pm. Asang will be on hand to answer questions about our Tibetan girls school and talk about Tibetan meditation practices. Enjoy food, music and more than 100 Chicago-area Global Activists, all guests of radio show Worldview's Global Activism Series—at Northeastern Illinois University.

Tibet Girls School on Worldview Radio Show

April 16, 2009: Tune in to Chicago Public Radio and listen to an interview with Tsogyaling Meditation Center of Evanston and Tibet Girls School Founders Asang and Nancy Floy. As guests of Jerome McDonnell. Listen at Noon or 9:00 pm; or click here to listen online after the program airs.

Sad News

March 28, 2009: We are saddened to tell you that yesterday His Holiness Penor Rinpoche passed away at his Monestery in South India. Rinpoche was the spiritual founder and head of Nomdroling Monestery which has more than 6,000 monks and nuns and is the home of our Spiritual Director Lopon Konchog Dechen. He has provided the education food and care for thousands of monks and nuns over the years and his great generosity and hard work is an inspiration to all of us. He was one of the great Dharma Teachers of Tibetan Buddhism and the Nyingma lineage. His vast mind and wide open heart of compassion will be greatly missed.

I had the amazing honor of studying with Rinpoche at Nomdroling in the spring of 2006. I will never forget his blessings and teachings. In one of my personal meetings with him I asked him what is the most important practice that we can do in our lives. He was quiet for awhile and then looked directly into my eyes and replied "Be as kind as you can all of your life and in all moments of your life". That is it.

We will honor Rinpoche in our meditation time before our next Board Meeting. Please keep him in your prayers and know that through your connection to Tsogyaling you are connected to this great being who, at the end of his life, was radiant and somehow more than human. Let us live each of our precious lives to the fullest.

- Love, Nancy Floy, Tsogyaling President and Founder

Celebrate Losar: A Tibetan New Year Festival

February 27, 2009: Join us to honor and preserve Tibetan culture through the education of Tibetan Youth. Enjoy traditional Tibetan music, food, tea and friendship at Wild Tree Cafe, 1100 Davis Street, Evanston. All proceeds beneift the Tibet Girls School.

Students at Tibet Girls School Talk About Their Plans

January 2009: Along with new photos of our students at Tibet Girls School, the girls tell us who they are and what they want to accomplish with their education.

Local Health Center Builds School in Tibet

January 15, 2009: The Evanston Roundtable reports on the progress of the Tibet Girls School. "I speak to the girls at least four times a week," says Asang. "They are so happy to be learning, they often continue their studies long after their teachers have gone home for the day."

Artist Contributes Proceeds to Tibet Girls School

December 2008: Local artist Tanya Sugarman is generously donating 10% of all sales of her paintings to Tibet Girls School. We thank her deeply for her contribution and her ongoing support. Her work is on exhibit at Heartwood Center.

American Physicians Visit Tibet Girls School

October 2008

This fall, three American doctors visited our Tibet Girls School to teach the girls basic healthcare. Some photos show the doctors teaching and then our girls with their language teacher and doctor and their new healthcare books.

Heartwood Foundation Opens Tibet Girls School

September 2008: In an ongoing effort to bring peace through education in Tibet where tensions continue to attract the world’s attention, Heartwood Foundation is pleased to announce the official opening of its girls school in Yushu, China, this month.

Local Connection Builds School in Tibet

March 2008: As the world’s attention turns once again to the situation in Tibet, local residents are providing personal accounts of the struggle and tangible ways to help. Asang, a meditation instructor at Evanston’s Heartwood Center, escaped from Tibet through the Himalayas to India shortly after his sister and her baby died during childbirth. The Heartwood community, along with Asang and his wife, Heartwood’s Nancy Floy, will honor his sister and all the women at risk by creating a vocational boarding school for Tibetan girls.