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Concert and Crafts for Kids at the Mandell JCC’s Fall Family Fun Day; Sunday, September 29, 2013
Get ready for hands-on fun and rockin’ ‘n rollin’ at the Mandell JCC’s Fall Family Fun Day, which includes a performance by Rick Recht, on Sunday, September 29, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Mandell JCC, Zachs Campus, 335 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Fall Family Fun Day and the Rick Recht Concert are both free and open to the community.
From 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., learn about the Coordinated Approach to Children’s Health (CATCH), through fun competition-free and confidence-boosting activities. The Mandell JCC’s Beatrice Fox Auerbach Early Childhood Center is piloting CATCH, the nation’s largest school-based health promotion study. Children have the opportunity to learn and value healthy eating habits, gardening, and fun physical activities that are developmentally appropriate.
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From 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., there will be a Jewish Community Fair, including activities for kids, PJ Library stories. Hands-on crafts will take place from 3:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m. In addition, the fair will include representatives from synagogues, day schools and other agencies that serve the Greater Hartford Jewish community. Then, at 4:00 p.m., get ready to jump around and jam out to the rockin’ sounds of Rick Recht.
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Rick Recht is a top-touring musician in Jewish music. He is recognized for his appeal to audiences of all ages—toddlers, teens and adults—through his musical talents, as well as his involvement in Jewish culture. He is also the celebrity spokesperson for PJ Library, an international family engagement program that provides free Jewish children’s books and music to families on a monthly basis.
To reserve and pick up free tickets for the Rick Recht Concert, contact the Member Services Center, 860-236-4571. For more information on Fall Family Fun Day and the Rick Recht Concert, contact Jane Pasternak, 860-231-6342, jpasternak@mandelljcc.org. For more information on the Jewish Community Fair, please contact Elana MacGilpin, 860-231-6327, emacgilpin@mandelljcc.org.
The Mandell Jewish Community Center is open to everyone and supported by funds raised by the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, a recipient of funding from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford, and a member of the JCC Association of North America. PJ Library in Greater Hartford is made possible by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, the generosity of local philanthropists, the Zachs family and the Spitz Tuchman family through the Jewish Community Foundation, and the Lions of Judah through the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. For updates on Mandell JCC events and programs, follow the Mandell JCC on Facebook and Twitter. All dates and programs subject to change.
