Rainbow recently completed the first of three phases of our Rainbow Rising Capital Campaign. In Phase I, families and alumni worked together to raise over $200,000 toward a down payment to purchase three acres and several buildings adjacent to us at 60 State Street, formerly West Asheville Church of God. We only had three months to raise the money, and it was a huge success. On January 14, 2014, Rainbow completed the purchase, more than doubling the size of our property!
For next phase of the Rainbow Rising Capital Campaign, we need your help. Rainbow’s vision is to use the property to serve the wider Asheville Community. But first, we need to raise the next portion of funds to develop the new spaces.
Some of the highlights include:
- About half of Rainbow’s Haywood Road frontage will be converted from a parking lot to a park for residents and visitors to use as a resting spot and place to interact with students through student-installed interactive informational displays.
- The expansion will dramatically increase the school’s role as a neighborhood resource, with space for new classes and events for the wider community to join existing meditation classes, a mother-daughter group, parenting classes and the weekly services of the Church of the Garden.
- The new 300 seat Performance Hall will be available for local non-profits to use for fundraisers, plays, performances, and so on.
- Installation of permaculture gardens, and changing the old parking lot to limit heat-gain and water run-off pollution in order to protect the French Broad River.
You can help by clicking on the “donate” button below or in the blue column to the right. Rainbow Community School is a non-profit organization, and all donations are tax deductible.
Indeed, so many exciting things are happening, and the future of Rainbow is bright. The school definitely wants to have a bigger role in the Asheville community and one way to do that is with this expansion.
Read more about the Asheville Citizen Times article in Sunday’s paper, published in November, 2013.
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