infrastructure ​and land purchase campaign

In recent years Tara's Meadow has grown to serve a greater number of schools and students, cultural and spiritual groups, as well as individuals and community organizations. However, the demand has been greater than our still-limited, temporary camp facilities can provide. Sadly we have had to turn away some colleges and organizations that were interested in our programming because they required more substantial permanent sleeping quarters and camp facilities than the infrastructure we now have available. Your assistance with our infrastructure and land purchase campaigns now can help us dramatically increase the number of people we serve.

We hope this website provides you a small window on the magic that is Tara's Meadow. We hope it inspires you to take the next step with us, to help us cross this threshold for greater capacity. We are just one small special place on this planet, on a remote and beautiful island. But we are a place that has huge impacts on people's hearts. 

Please choose the donation route that is most appropriate for you. By contributing to either or both of these campaigns you will further Tara's sustainable communities living to their fullest potentials in Earth Peace - the harmony of our species with all others on this planet.

Infrastructure campaign

In order to meet the growing needs of organizations desiring our place based, cultural and environmental education and retreat programming, we seek to increase our facility's capacity by providing more permanent comfortable sleeping quarters and associated infrastructure:

~ Multipurpose dome, 20 foot diameter, for classroom space = $9,998
~ Three smaller Sleeping Yurts = $15,788
~ Permanent storage shed = $3,780
~ Wood Stove for dome classroom = $538
~ Two enclosed composting toilets = $6,400
~ Construction of outdoor kitchen prep station = $2,365
~ Wash-up/Hygiene Station = $1,828
~ Administrative/Site and Program Facilitator = $15,000

Total needs for Infrastructure = $57,392

Donations made to Tara's Meadow Education and Retreat Center specifically for administrative work and the purchase and development of infrastructure are fully tax deductible. Our 501c3 not-for-profit organization is the Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology.

CHECKS should be made out to "Crosshatch," with a clear note to Crosshatch that your donations are to be used for the benefit, mission, and projects of Tara's Meadow. Check writers should put "Tara's Meadow Infrastructure" in the check memo, and your donations will be placed in a special "Tara's Meadow" account. Checks may be mailed to Crosshatch PO Box 929, Bellaire, MI 49615. The Crosshatch EIN is 37-1517759.

ELECTRONIC DONATIONS email: Amanda Kik,
Crosshatch: amanda@crosshatch.org. The Crosshatch EIN is 37-1517759. Donors please notify Tara's Meadow of your donation by emailing Seamus at: celticbodyprayers@gmail.com

land purchase campaign

Tara's Meadow needs to plant its additional sleeping quarters and permanent infrastructure on a land base that is collaboratively owned and managed (initially by an LLC, and eventually by a full 501.c3 Tara's Meadow nonprofit organization). We cannot install any further permanent infrastructure on land that is privately owned and only rented by us, as is the current situation:

~ Purchase of a 10-acre land base that is currently rented = $25,000
~ Establishment of managing LLC and future nonprofit = $3,000

Total financial needs for Land Purchase = $28,000

Donors who help fund the purchase of our 10-acre land base will be contributing most directly to the long-term viability of Tara's Meadow Education and Retreat Center. Your donation for this purpose will not be tax deductible. However, it will be a "seven generation" investment in Tara's Meadow's mission to educate, uplift and interconnect students and guests for their greater self-worth and empowerment, and to foster creativity and ecological awareness towards the service of all life on this planet.

CHECKS should be made out to "Tara's Meadow" with "Land Purchase" in the check memo.  Checks may be mailed to Tara's Meadow, PO Box 17, Petoskey, MI 49770