Founders and Supporter Statement
The Hindu Society of Saskatchewan (HSS) is a volunteer-run organization, and the community is grateful to the founders for their vision of building a beautiful place of worship in the prairies for current and future generations. Their vision was brought to life several decades ago through their valuable time, generous donations and unmatched effort.
The Hindu Society only exists and continues to thrive, thanks to our pioneers, your benevolent donations and the continued volunteer support.
Please see our website's brief history at https://www.slntemple.ca/temple/about/history.
The society is committed to long-term recognition of the donations given and volunteer contributions. We are grateful to the members that participated in the AGM open forum on April 23rd, 2023. To show its thanks for the members' votes, the board has taken the following actions to honour all contributions.
All donors will be displayed on the temple website. Donors will be asked to opt out through email in accordance with Canadian privacy regulations. If there is no response, we will assume that they have agreed to be included on the Donor Wall on the website. Opt-outs will be identified as anonymous donations. Donors can withdraw their consent at any moment. This is incredibly simple to maintain, and
All donors will be displayed electronically in the temple.
Apart from these methods, we have also initiated plans to recognize donors and volunteers on a quarterly basis.
Founders: without our founders’ vision and initial extraordinary hard work, we would not have a place of worship
Website and Physical wall Shri Lakshmi Narayan Temple - Founding Members
Volunteers:
The board will track the volunteer hours and the volunteers from one quarter will be recognized until the end of the next.
An annual volunteer appreciation evening, like the ones held over the last few years, will continue as a tradition.
Outstanding community members’ contributions will be recognized at various other events including, but not limited to, our flagship fundraising event - The Annual Vegetarian Banquet.
Donors:
Donors from one quarter will be recognized for the next 3 month period.
Because of the magnitude and rise in donor count, as well as inconsistencies in recognizing contributions throughout the years, the aforementioned steps are being taken as per approval at the AGM. The future is digital.