National Fundraisers
“It is the sacred obligation of every conscientious and faithful servant of Bahá’u’lláh who desires to see His Cause advance, to contribute freely and generously for the increase of that Fund.”
— Shoghi Effendi, Bahá’í Administration, p. 41-42
Rebuilding a Special Center of Learning
Located in the redwood mountains near Santa Cruz, California, Bosch Bahá’í School has served for decades as a year-round center of spiritual education for children, junior youth, youth, and adults.
In 2020, devastating wildfires destroyed much of the campus, including all guest cabins. Thanks to the bravery of firefighters, several key structures were saved; however, the road to full restoration remains ahead.
Today, Bosch is being reimagined as a resilient, modern learning center designed to serve generations to come. An additional $10 million is needed to fully restore and renew the campus — rebuilding accommodations, strengthening infrastructure and safety, expanding capacity, and ensuring Bosch can continue its vital role in advancing spiritual education and community-building.
Your contribution will help restore a place where hearts are kindled, capacities are strengthened, and communities are built.
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National Archives - Update
The National Archives includes many precious items, including historic papers and even gifts from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi, such as the original copy of the Tablet of Ahmad gifted from Shoghi Effendi to the Temple when it was opened. Previously, the National Spiritual Assembly initiated a project to reconstruct the old publishing trust building and create a new permanent National Archives in order to create a more befitting and more protective location to house all these precious items and to keep them safe for the next thousand years so that Bahá’ís could visit them and researchers and scholars would be able to study the original papers or tablets. In developing the plans for the building, it was discovered that the structure was too narrow to accommodate the required preservation equipment. The amount of space needed for the equipment and the cost of the modifications needed to the building has made it impracticable to move forward with the original plans.
In consultation with the Universal House of Justice, the National Spiritual Assembly has decided to put the bulk of the easily preserved archive items in a nearby building for now and to keep an archive unit in the Temple itself so that for conventions, meetings, and for visitors and researchers, some items are readily available and easily accessible. Meanwhile, search will continue for an adequate permanent home for the archives. We will continue to update the community on the progress of these plans.
This project will make possible a long overdue move of the National Archives, currently located in the lower level of the House of Worship, to a building that’s owned by the National Assembly. The new home for the Archives is close to the Temple and will feature state-of-the-art climate control and fire suppression systems. It will also provide access for researchers, both Bahá’í and the wider community, to access the millions of pages of historical papers housed there.
The national archives renovation fund is the most direct way that believers can assist the archives. Please feel free to click on the button below if you wish to contribute.