S B W A News

All SBWA members are requested to help as much as possible prior to and during the bazaar. Booth chairs are asked to check inventory of supplies needed and to turn in your requests for additional supplies as soon as possible.

The Fall Ohigan Sushi Sale will be held on September 16. Fumiko Wakabayashi was nominated to chair the event. Anyone who is willing to serve as co-chair is asked to contact President Aiko Yagi.

The BCA BWA Conference is approaching. The deadline for registration is July 31. Several from Stockton will participate. Anyone who would like to attend or wishes more information may call Aiko Yagi at 477-8054.

Next year’s Interfaith Tea will be hosted at our temple by our own BWA in February, 2008. We hope to make it a very successful one.

We wish to acknowledge and thank the following for their donations:

Noriko Hasegawa, special donation - $25

Teri Kelley, in memory of mother - $50

Mary Fukushima, special donation - $50

Fusano Kataoka, special donation - $50

Helen Sasaki, special donation - $200

Our next meeting will be held on June 3rd from 11:30 a.m. All members are invited to attend and take a part in the meeting. We hope to see you there.

The Dharma School teachers and students were saddened to hear the news of the passing of our beloved teacher, Michiko Ryuto, who was completing her 55th year as a teacher. In some families she had taught three generations. She will be missed especially by the youngest students and by all at Bon Odori practices. We thank her for her years of devoted service and express our heartfelt sympathy to her family.

At the funeral service, the family distributed “hearts” to the children. Wildflower seeds were imbedded and were to be planted by the children to grow the flowers in Michiko’s memory.

The Dharma School teachers would like to express their sincere thanks to the temple for the wonderful “appreciation” dinner hosted for them and to the ABA for the book, “Dharma Breeze” presented to each current teacher. It will be an important resource for planning lessons and explaining the Jodo Shinshu Teaching.

We thank Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Fujii for their donation of $50 (presented at the above-mentioned dinner); to Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Broccoli for their gift of $100 (Hatsu Mairi for son, Benjamin Masaru Broccoli) and to Ms. Jill C. Nakashima for her gift of $25 (Hatsu Mairi for nephew, Benjamin Broccoli).

We thank Kimi Ishihara for making the ribbon bows for our Parents’ Day corsages.

Sunday, June 10th, will be the last service for the current term and we will then be on “vacation” until the new term begins in the fall. We ask all our children & their families to take care and have a safe & fun hiatus from Dharma School. Remember: When you return in the fall, invite a friend who is not yet coming to Dharma

School to join you.