Feast of Jamál/Beauty-April 27, 2025
Bahá’í National Fund Update
As of April 20, 2025, $45.8M has been contributed towards the Bahá’í National Fund goal of $50M (For fiscal year 2025-26).
With just a few days remaining, we are about $4.2 million short of meeting the $50 million goal for the year. We are confident that together, as Champion Builders of the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, we will rise to achieve the goal set before our community. Universal Participation is the key to achieving this victory.
How is your community participating in the Champion Builders Campaign?
Unrestricted (not earmarked) contributions towards the National Fund goal allow for flexibility in supporting the many activities of the Faith. Universal Participation will be the key to achieving this victory.
BOSCH BAHA’I SCHOOL
Bosch Bahá'í School, a permanent school located in Northern California, has been closed for a few years due to the impact from the 2020 CZU wildfires. Bosch has served as a vital center of learning and inspiration for several decades. Many families have grown up in the spiritual atmosphere of learning that Bosch provided.
We are happy to share the video with updates on the progress at Bosch, rebuilding and expanding a place radiating the light of the unifying teachings of the Faith and a source of spiritual power for the entire region. https://bahaitreasurer.us/videos
Gifts can be made to assist with rebuilding by making out a check to National Bahá’í Fund, earmarked for the 'Bosch Facilities Reconstruction Fund', and mailing it to National Bahá’í Fund, PO Box 541, Wilmette, IL 60091-0541.
If you would like to share your stories and photos of your time at Bosch for later use, please write in to myfundstory@usbnc.org
“ALL MUST SURGE, BUT THE YOUTH MUST SOAR"
The Universal House of Justice, Ridván 2024
YOUTH CORNER
We received this beautiful note below recently from one of the youth:
“So Happy to receive mail from the Bahá’í National Center
My name is ... and I am nineteen years old. I grew up with my grandmother, who has been a Bahá’í since she was a teenager. She has always had me and my sisters and brother in children’s classes, junior youth groups, and now youth groups. When I was sixteen, I attended a week long Bahá’í Youth Camp. While there, I realized that I had always done what my grandmother asked me to do, when it came to participating in Bahá’í activities, and I no longer wanted to do it at her request, alone. I wanted to do it for myself.
My love for the faith has made me cherish receiving material from the National Center in my name. When I received my first American Bahá’í magazine, I was ecstatic and immediately read it from cover to cover. I am very excited about the Institute work, around the world, and I see how National makes such good use of funds by supporting this Institute work.
I just want to say thank you to the National Bahá’í Center for including the youth in the call to American Bahá’ís to sacrificially give to the Bahá’í Fund for love of God, Bahá’u’lláh, the Faith, our community and the world.
I know the Bahá’í youth’s love for Bahá’u’lláh can help the American Bahá’í Fund to reach its goal. I am so happy to be a part of such a world embracing faith.
With sincere love and appreciation...”
We are looking for more submissions from the youth! Please send us your reflections and stories about the Institution of the Fund or recent youth activities/events. Stories, pictures, and or videos can be sent to bahaitreasurersoffice@usbnc.org.
PLANNED GIVING
Legacy of Love
“The progress of man's spirit in the divine world, after the severance of its connection with the body of dust, is through the bounty and grace of the Lord alone, or through the intercession and the sincere prayers of other human souls, or through the charities and important good works which are performed in its name.” — ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 240
Did you know that you can leave a lasting gift to the Faith after your lifetime? Here are two easy ways:
Bequest: Include a gift to the National Spiritual Assembly in your will or trust.
Beneficiary Designation: Name the National Spiritual Assembly as a beneficiary on accounts like savings, CDs, IRAs, or 401(k)s.
The Office of the Treasurer offers a Writing of a Will booklet as a resource for the friends. You can download a copy at https://bahaitreasurer.us/bequests-and-wills. For further assistance, please email plannedgiving@usbnc.org or call 847-733-3569. Additionally, your Local Spiritual Assembly can request a Writing of a Will/Planned Giving presentation for your community