At Sumter Forest Temple, we run the temple by accepting donation from the faithful Buddhists and the public to cover our business expenses. We do not sell goods or services and never get involved in secular employment. We never charge or collect a membership fee. The subscription for membership is not required for our temple and/or attending our religious services. Anybody of any sex, race, and religious belief can visit the temple, seek the spiritual help, and receive services. Donation is not mandatory; we motivate people to make donation to our temple upon their availability of funds and pleasures. We do not require the community members and the public to regularly make the financial contribution to us. We encourage them to save money for their necessities first and then donate to the temple if there is some remaining. We do not want to be burdensome to the laity and we intensively follow the principle of modesty as honored by the Buddha. We already paid off our mortgage in September 2011, so we only need a little funds to cover our utility bills and general expenses. We had been burdensome to members and the public for several years out of the $140,000 loan we took for the construction of our current office, so we want to take a break and give the comfort to our community members. We have enough food, food supplies, and household supplies donated by the community members. We want to live a simple life and focus on modesty to free ourselves from worldly collections. We live among the minority of Thai people in a small state with a hardship of livelihood and low income, so we do not want to push an additional burden to our supporters. The laity give the patronage to us in terms of funds and materials, we want to give them back the seed of virtue and enlightenment. We must live simply and modestly to be an exemplar of the community.