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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.

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