Help SOLA Raise $40,000 to expand and grow its programs
SOLA welcomes you to support & strengthen our efforts to provide an economically accessible, vibrant learning environment that acknowledges the sacredness of human relationships with our Living Earth & Cosmos.
Every donation supports:
The development of SOLA’s holistic academics & forest, farm & folkways curriculum
The improvement of roads, gardens, classrooms & infrastructure for students & animals
Essential, ongoing & emergent operational needs
Why Support SOLA?
2025/26 marks SOLA’s 12th year of operations, and we want it to be a season of vibrant restoration, growth, and refinement!
SOLA circa 2014- a Springtime storytelling circle under the cherry tree
SOLA’s last 5 years have been a cycle of sustaining SOLA’s operations through the impacts of a global pandemic, a catastrophic regional natural disaster and the aftermath of these powerful events. However, in 2025/26 we aim to grow and expand SOLA’s reach in the world. SOLA’s vibrant resilience serves as a living example of what is possible when an organization’s culture prioritizes healthy human relationships and regards holistic learning as a sacredly essential activity - no matter what is occurring in the ‘wider world’.
This year, SOLA’s faculty, staff and administration are refining relationships within our community by offering more time and care to listen deeply to colleagues, students & their families. SOLA has also added new members to its Leadership Circle, and new faculty to renew and enhance SOLA’s unique, Living Arts and Holistic Academic offerings with even more integrated, ‘head-heart-hands’ learning.
SOLA has always valued and will continue striving to support the economic diversity of its community. In order to accommodate SOLA’s sliding-scale fee schedule and work-trade programs, we must expand our sphere of influence and engage the Spirit of Giving both within and outside of SOLA’s learning community. This growth will sustain our community and as a result, bring more light and life into this world.
SOLA needs your support as we sow the seeds of this new growth, restoration, and expansion.
To Donate by check, make checks payable to SOLA Fellowship, & mail to PO Box 1965, Skyland NC 28776
Supporting SOLA’s Vibrancy Starts with You!
Consider the following questions:
SOLA Mayfaire, 2023
Has my family's participation at SOLA expanded my community of friends and enriched my sense of belonging?
Consider giving a gift of $50 or more to support festivals and community events!
Does my child (niece, grandchild, young friend) express his/her eagerness joy for his/her learning ad love for SOLA?
Consider giving a gift of $100 or more to support the on-going need to provide teachers with a living-wage.
Does the magic and beauty of natural world, so tangible on SOLA’s campus, touch my heart when I visit or attend a SOLA festival or gathering?
Consider giving a gift of $250 or more to support land management and infrastructure upgrades!
Can I reciprocate in a way that reflects my recognition of the value SOLA provides?
Consider giving a gift of $1000 to support the work-trade and scholarship programs we offer to families in need!
Who can I invite to offer a gift in support of SOLA….grandparents, aunties, uncles, friends, philanthropic individuals/organizations?
Consider sharing our campaign with your family and network!
How Else Can I Contribute?
Expand Enrollment: Increase enrollment by sharing your love for SOLA with anyone and everyone!
Corporate Matching: If you work for or own a business that has a matching funds program, or, that provides products or services that would be useful to SOLA- let us know! We are certified through the Benevity non-profit giving platform and can receive matching funds donations in this way.
In-Kind Donations: SOLA always need organic farm/animal supplies, natural building materials, organic/natural landscaping materials, good skilled labor, Waldorf & high quality art supplies- if you wish to donate supplies, contact us!
Contact us with your questions or ideas for support! Email Septimbor Lim, or call 828.242.3937.
To Donate by check, make checks payable to SOLA Fellowship, & mail to PO Box 1965, Skyland NC 28776
Where Does SOLA Receive Other Economic Support?
Diversified resource streams create a resilient non-profit organization! SOLA and all impulses operating on the lands of Sacred Mountain Sanctuary, are engaged in various forms of reciprocal economics. In regards to SOLA, the income received from SOLA’s membership fees are one of several resource streams intended to nourish SOLA programs. for example - a portion of the cabin rental income from Sanctum Hermitage goes to support SOLA’s work trade scholarships, sponsorships, and sliding scale fees. Our goal is to achieve manifold, reciprocal, economic relationships, wherein SOLA programming fees, income from on-site cottage industries, and gifts/donations are equitably balanced to create a healthy, flowing ‘resource ecology’. In keeping with Rudolf Steiner’s social impulse of three-folding, we are striving to diversify our economic relationships through our annual gift campaign, and the supportive new impulses that operate on the land at Sacred Mountain Sanctuary.
Several economically supportive impulses are currently in various stages of development, including:
3 Hares Biodynamic Farm, Bountiful Bakery and Teahouse, Water of Life Springwater subscription service, Sanctum Hermitage and Sanctum Wellness, The Living Library, and land or facilities leases to partner programs.
Click here to learn more about Sacred Mountain Sanctuary, non-profit.
Click here to learn more about SOLA’s organizational structure and culture.
To Donate by check, make checks payable to SOLA Fellowship, & mail to PO Box 1965, Skyland NC 28776