Frank and I now attend a Buddhist center, and I have considered asking the sangha members for help. I'm sure that many of them would be happy to help (in fact, the lay leaders of the center have a son they adopted from Guatemala). But last week we found out that the center will be moving from it rented quarters in a strip mall to a facility that they will be buying, and we are starting a capital campaign for that. So now I feel bad evening bringing up a request for adoption funding. But it's something I will keep in mind.

I used to work for the local ASO (AIDS service organization), so it would be worth it to give them a call and see what they can do.

Thanks for all the ideas! Maybe we should start playing the lottery!

You know, Bill Gates is a huge contributor to global AIDS causes. The $5,000 we need to do this adoption would be like 0.0000000000000000000000001% of his net worth. How off the wall would it be to write to him and ask for help???

Danna =]