Generosity

2024 JANUARY

OUR DONATION TO MONADNOCK CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PROTECTION

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to Monadnock Center For Violence Prevention, our charity for the month of January. Thanks to your generosity, we raised nearly $1,400 for their cause! MCVP works to provide help to those in crisis and provides prevention through education. Yoga is a practice of peace, together we are practicing Ahimsa (non-violence) in our community.


FEBRURARY

OUR DONATION TO MORNING SUN MEDITATION COMMUNITY

Our Non Profit for February was Morning Sun Meditation Community.

Aloha enjoyed the most peaceful Tea Meditation as taught by Thich Nhat Hanh.

During the month Aloha raised over $900 for this wonderful community that lives in peace and joy.


MARCH

OUR DONATION TO THE MONADNOCK HUMANE SOCIETY

During March Aloha

raised over $400 for the

Monadnock Humane Society and  

collected lots of animal food.


APRIL

OUR DONATION TO THE MONADNOCK SUSTAINABILITY HUB

Aloha raised over $500 for the Monadnock Sustainability Hub which works to strengthen the sustainability and resilience of our region by working collaboratively to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reach 100% clean energy. They are helping to address the Climate Crisis. MSH’s addition of solar panels to the the Aloha Healthy Living building last fall is but one example of what the Hub encourages in our community. Aloha raised over $500 during April to help support this non profit. Thank you to those who came to Aloha’s “by Donation” classes/workshops.


MAY

OUR DONATION TO GATHERING WATERS

During May, Aloha raised money for Gathering Waters. It is a part of Aloha’s mission to give beck to the our sacred and wonderful community here in the monadnock region. Anyone working for Gathering Waters got free yoga classes for the month. Aloha has great collaborations with many non profits. During May gathering Waters did an outstanding fund raise at ALoha including storytelling, movement, and clay work. Aloha’s monthly Yoga Nidra facilitated by Dr Clark was by donation. Aloha’s weekly community yoga class was by donation. These three avenues raised $500 for Gathering Waters.

Dr. Caitlin Clark, Practitioner/Yoga teacher at Aloha presenting the check to Kelly Barker Marketing, Communications, and Admissions Manager at Gathering Waters


JUNE

ALOHA GIFTS $1400 TO COOPER’S CROSSROAD

Cooper’s Crossroad was the lucky recipient of Aloha’s fundraising for June. The highlight of the fundrasing was an afternoon retreat at Cooper’s Crossroad with Josephine guiding. The afternoon began with yoga. Then out to the Elm grove for a meditative walk, back to the barn for a sheep cheese snack, and out by the pasture and the horses for more yoga. Everyone loved the energy of the animals and the animals loved the yoga vibe.  The grounding effect of walking and practicing on mother earth was magical. Cooper’s Crossroads sheep said baaa baaa as we thanked the sheep for providing nourishment for us. The retreat, the Friday Community Classes at Aloha by donation, the monthly Yoga Nidra, the Fun Friday eve Strawberry Shortcake social at Aloha, along with a donation from a renter all went together to raise $1400 for Cooper’s Crossroad. Aloha is so thrilled to see the community donate to local non profits which provide much needed services to our community. Aloha is thrilled to make so many offerings by donation each month. Aloha donates 100% of the collected donations.


Aloha has a mission which includes helping the community at large.  Support for local non profits and other local businesses is top on our list.  Though we at Aloha are a for profit business, we give away our profits to help people.  
   Josephine is in her wisdom years and keeps no monetary value from her teaching or managing a yoga center.  When Josephine began teaching yoga, she was still in her householder stage of life and needed the extra income to support their four children. But even then, she vowed to give away 10% of all that she made to support the arts for children. She began the scholarship fund at Moco Arts, called the Moving Company then. The value in her teaching now comes to Josephine in watching yoga do its magic for folks.  

Following is a list of the non profits which Aloha has supported.

Ashuelot Concerts https://ashuelotconcerts.org

Apple Hill https://applehill.org/

Cheshire County Historical Society https://hsccnh.org/

Chesterfield Old Home Day https://m.facebook.com/pages/Chesterfield-Old-Home-Days/139865950200170

Cooper’s Crossroad https://www.cooperscrossroad.com

Distant Hill https://www.distanthillgardens.org/

Edge Ensemble https://www.edgeensemble.org/

Emerson Brook Forest https://emersonbrookforest.org/

Feeding Tiny Tummies https://www.feedingtinytummies.com/

Gathering Waters https://gatheringwaterscharter.org

Harris Center https://harriscenter.org/

Hundred Nights Shelter https://hundrednightsinc.org/

Keene Chorale https://keenechorale.org/

Keene High teachers basket https://khs.keeneschoolsnh.org/

Keene Housing Kid Collaboration https://khkc.org

Leaf Charter School https://www.leafschoolnh.org/

Machina Kitchen https://www.machinaarts.org/

MAPS Counseling Services https://mapsnh.org/

Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention https://mcvprevention.org/

Monadnock Conservancy https://www.monadnockconservancy.org/

Monadnock Humane Society https://monadnockhumanesociety.org/

morning sun https://morningsuncommunity.org/

NH Dance Institute https://www.nhdi.org/

Peterborough Players https://www.peterboroughplayers.org/

Rise https://www.riseforbabyandfamily.org/

Salvation Army https://givesalvationarmyusa.org/

Stonewall Farms https://stonewallfarm.org/

Sustainability Hub https://monadnocksustainabilityhub.org/

Trini https://www.trinifoundation.org/

Josephine, in her wisdom years, is generous with her time and with what limited knowledge she has accumulated about yoga over the 50 plus years of practice and study. At this stage of her life she enjoys teaching teacher training courses. These 2 pics were taken in Bali.
While back home, Josephine enjoys teaching yoga classes and workshops to our local yoga community. The pic is taken at Aloha in the Coral room. Josephine is teaching with her dear friend Prema Mayi chanting.