Donate to the Alex Osten Building Fund in Honour of Ron Bing’s 80th birthday!
On Saturday morning, December 24, I will be chanting my 1955 Bar Mitzvah portion – Miketz, in honour of my 80th birthday. Please join me in person or on StreamSpot.
Temple is out for bid to replace our 1955 cast iron boiler with 2 energy efficient boilers. I hope these will be installed in July 2023. This will give us some redundancy and reduce our operating cost.
We need to raise approximately $450,000 for this project. If you can donate $50, $100, $1000, or $10,000, you will receive a tax receipt for your 2022 income tax. We have made a substantial donation by donating shares that have appreciated over the years. We avoid paying capital gains by donating these shares to Temple. Both Temple and we benefit by reducing our 2022 taxes. Consider a year end donation in honour of my 80th birthday.
Temple dues only cover most of our operating costs, but they do not cover capital costs. Replacing the boiler is a capital cost. Temple does not have a mandatory building fund so we rely on the generosity of our members to donate money for these items. A friend of mine said to me that “We all should give the way we live!”
Call the Temple office to make your donation.