Welcome to the Benefit Dinner for the Odiyana Children’s School.
We are delighted to invite you for the celebration of our charity work.
On Saturday November 14, 2026
6-9 PM
Location: 16 E. Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA
Entrance and Parking Address: City Lot #9, accessible from 902 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Advanced tickets are $45 per person if bought before November 11th. After that and at the door it will be $55 per person.
If you are unable to attend physically, you are welcome to join the celebration online.
Double click at the image or use the QR code to buy tickets for the event in Person or Online:
Our celebration will include:
1- Updates on progress with Slideshows.
2- Talks and story telling from members who visited the project site.
3- Live music, dance and other entertainment.
4- Silent Auction.
5- A delicious variety of Tibetan and Himalayan dishes and drinks.
Your presence is important for us.
Together, let us celebrate and have a good time !!!
Wish List for 2026 Fundraising Dinner
Please find below a wish list for the Odiyana School and Ati Janchub Choeling Monastery. We have both one time expenses and fixed monthly expenses listed below. Your consideration and generosity goes a long way and is much appreciated.
For Odiyana Children’s school
One time expenses
1 . A Vehicle $1,500 USD A simple vehicle is needed for frequent and necessary trips to the nearby town for daily shopping needs. Although the town is not far, currently our staff members are walking to obtain goods for our residents and find that especially in times of heavy rain and hot weather, it is difficult.
If you wish to donate towards a vehicle please click on the image or use the QR code
2. Student Desk: $30 USD
Students will be relocated next month into our newly constructed quarters. An immediate need is to provide each one with a good-sized desk for reading, writing, and keeping their personal study materials. We expect 30 students next year, we will need 30 desks, at $30 each, totaling $900.
If you wish to donate towards student’s desks please click on the image or use the QR code
3. TV $275
We hope to have a decent TV available for educational documentaries and other enriching programming for the students plus entertainment for Sunday, their only day off.
If you wish to donate towards a TV, please click on the image or use the QR code
4. Request for Desktop Computers for Students and Office Use
At present, our students do not have access to any personal electronic devices—and this is likely to remain the case for the foreseeable future. While this helps minimize distractions, having communal desktop computers available has become increasingly important for both learning and administrative work.
Access to computers would greatly support the students learning basic computer literacy and typing in both Tibetan and English. In addition, it would enhance viewing educational materials, presentations, and other online learning resources.
After consulting with our current teachers, we agreed that providing a few shared desktop computers would be very beneficial for the students’ education. We plan to purchase six desktop computers – five for student use and one for the office to organize daily administrative tasks and coordination.
A reliable desktop computer in India costs approximately $500 USD, making the total cost $3,000 USD for the five units.
Any donation—whether to sponsor a single computer or contribute towards the total is deeply appreciated. Your support will make a meaningful difference in helping our students gain essential computer skills and access valuable learning resources.
Thank you very much.
If you wish to donate towards the computers, please click on the image or use the QR code
Recurring Monthly Fixed Expenses:
Our total operational costs for supporting the room, board and education amounts to $21,000 each year. A donation to cover a monthly or annual fee for any of the below necessary expenses would be greatly appreciated
- Food: $850/month
Providing healthy meals three times a day costs approximately $850 per month for our community ($10,200 annually). - Clothing: $150/month: Odiyana Institute provides everything from bed sheets to seasonal clothes and shoes for our residents. ($1800 annually)
- Textbooks and other educational materials for school: $100/month
Study materials are ongoing needs for our students. Our textbooks are mostly ordered from Namdroling monastery, and other various study materials are also required. ($1,200annually) - Teachers Stipend: $300/month: For the three teachers, we offer a monthly gratuity of $100 each to support their personal needs, totaling $3,600 annually.
- We are now seeking sponsors for the upcoming year 2026. In addition, a new resident teacher will soon join to teach English, Math, and Science to the students. With this addition, the total monthly Teacher Stipend will be approximately $580.
If you wish to donate towards recurring monthly fixed expenses, please click on the image or use the QR code
Offerings for Ati Jangchub Choeling Monastery
- Sertog (Golden Roof Ornaments of Temple)
These sacred ornaments, adorned with intricate designs representing the Five Archetypal Buddhas, are among the most distinctive features of Vajrayana Buddhist temples.
Ati Jangchub Choeling Monastery will have three separate roofs, each symbolizing the Three Jewels — the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.
The central roof will feature a 10-foot-tall Sertog.
Offering Amount: Central Sertog: $4,800.
The left and right roofs will each have a 5-foot-tall Sertog.
Offering Amount: Two Sertogs $2,500 for each. - Ridag Choe Khor (Dharma Wheel with two Deer)
The Dharma Wheel flanked by a male and female deer symbolizes the Buddha’s first teaching in the Deer Park at Varanasi. This set, a Dharma Chakra in the center with two deer is also a universal emblem adorning all Vajrayana Buddhist temples.
Ati Jangchub Choeling Monastery will have one set of this sacred symbol: Dharma Wheel: $2,800. Male Deer: $2,000. Female Deer: $2,000
If you would like to make these offerings which will serve as a lasting source of blessings for generations to come, please let us know. We will be happy to provide more details.
If you would like to sponsor any items, in whole or in part, please contact us at mailto: odiyanacs@gmail.com and we will respond swiftly with more details.
To make your contribution, please click the image:
May All Beings Benefit
