LMPK Knowsletter - August 2010

In this issue:

• Rosh Hashanah...Right Around the Corner
• PJ Library Goes to Camp Wise
• Summer Fun Continues: Upcoming Events
• Meet David Millet
• Summer Highlights & Pictures
• FREE Gifts for New Babies –Let My People Grow

Rosh Hashanah...Right Around the Corner

Rosh Hashanah starts on Wednesday night, September 8. Check out good stuff for a good new year!

• For High Holy Days basics, books, and a yummy apple honey dessert pizza, check out the JECC’s Kesher Newsletter.  


• Connect with loved ones. Update your Facebook status with a current family photo and a hope for the New Year. Or if you’re feeling crafty, design easy apple Rosh Hashanah cards.


• Make your own shofar or learn how to blow one.


• Connect with community. Check out Cleveland’s diverse list of synagogues or contact info@letmypeopleknowcleveland.com for help on finding a High Holy Day home.

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PJ Library Goes to Camp Wise!

Sunday, August 29 • 12 - 5 p.m.
Join us for an afternoon of family fun!
Swimming • Arts & crafts • Relay races • Boating • S’mores • Climbing tower • Camp-style song session • PJ Library story • Bring a picnic lunch • Drinks & refreshments provided

Cost: Pre-Registered Kids (under 12):* FREE
Pre-Registered Adults (over 12):$5
Walk-In Registration Kids:$5
Walk-In Registration Adults:$10
* There’s a cool camp gift for pre-registered kids!

Register online before August 26 at www.jewishcleveland.org/PJLibraryCamp

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Summer Fun Continues!

Although school starts in August (and many parents can’t wait for the yellow bus to come) summer lasts until September 22. Here are some great adventures to enjoy with your family:

• Connect with nature at the Cleveland Botanical Garden's Hershey Children's Garden! It’s a magical place of flower and vegetable gardens with kid-size signs, gates and fences. Fun features include a wheelchair-accessible treehouse, a cave, worm bins, a watery bog, a scrounger's garden…and big red "farmhouse" pumps. Print out a Buy 1 Get 1 Free Friday Coupon (good until September 3, 2010).
• Encounter life-size animatronic dinosaurs that move and roar at DINOSAURS! at the Cleveland Zoo until 9/12. It’s just $1 per person with regular Zoo admission and free for Zoo members and children under 2.
• Take a Train Ride! Hop aboard the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad and explore from the comfort of a vintage train car. You can hop off to hike – or even bike – along the Ohio & Erie Towpath Trail or stop for lunch along the route. Another option is the Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Scenic Railway (weekends through October) offering themed adventures like Wild West Weekend or Bandit Hold-Up Train.

Upcoming events NOT TO BE MISSED!

• August 21 – Snakes, Turtles & Fun! Shelterhouse Picnic Area, Cleveland Metroparks South Chagrin Reservation. Get ready to enjoy turtle races and snake parades, live music, crafts and more! 4-8 p.m.
• August 22 – B’nai Jeshurun’s Annual Summer Picnic & Car/Motorcycle Show,
  4-7 p.m.
• August 22 – Park Synagogue’s Picnic in the Park, 4-7 p.m.
• August 22 - Cinema at the Square: The Muppet Movie, 2 p.m.
• August 27 – Shabbat ’n Smores Oneg after services at Temple Israel Ner Tamid, 7:30 p.m.
• August 29 – PJ Library Goes to Camp Wise, 12-5 p.m.
• August 29 – Lake County Captains Jewish Heritage Day, 1:00 p.m.
• September 3 – Early Childhood Shabbat Sing at The Agnon School, e-mail cschreiber@agnon.org for info, 8:30 – 9 a.m.
• September 3 – First Fridays with Rabbi Matt Eisenberg at Temple Israel Ner Tamid, 11-11:30 a.m.
• September 4-6 – Cleveland National Air Show at Burke Lakefront Airport. Action-packed flying, exhibits, display aircraft and even a Child Convenience Center stocked with crayons, wipes and a family port-o-let. Free for 5 and under.
• September 6 – The 18th Totally Kosher Rib Burn Off at Gross Schechter Day School. Join more than 2,500 community members for ribs, games, other great food and lots of activities to celebrate the Rib Burn Off’s chai (18) year! 12 – 5 p.m.
• September 11 – Monarch Magic at the Cleveland Metroparks North Chagrin Reservation. Enjoy presentations, hikes, butterfly banding, a butterfly net tent, crafts, refreshments and more, 12 – 4 p.m. Free.
• September 13 - Playmakers Youth Theatre Auditions at The Mandel JCC for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Please prepare a short song! 6 – 7:45 p.m. for 2nd – 5th graders and 7:45 – 9:30 p.m. for 6th – 9th graders.
• September 19 – Geauga Humane Society’s Woofstock, Annual Dog Walk and Family Festival for Pets and their People at The Holden Arboretum, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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Meet David Millet

From the old Pepper Lanes and Burger King hang-outs (in high school) to Coventry and the Flats (in law school) to University Heights (just married) and finally to Solon (with wife, 2 kids and a dog), David Millet has discovered satisfying “Cleveland playgrounds” for every stage of his life. Learn more

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Summer Highlights & Pictures

• Let My People Grow’s 1st Birthday Party was ADORABLE!!! 300 people (nearly half in diapers) jammed to kid-friendly and parent-pleasing musician Eric Maring, splashed in The Mandel JCC's awesome new Sprayground, played with sand, built with Legos, squished Play-Doh, slurped Popsicles, noshed on Cheerios, devoured birthday cake, enjoyed a gorgeous Cleveland morning and celebrated Let My People Grow's 1st Birthday! Cleveland's future is looking bright – and so cute!!! Check out the pictures we took and see photos taken by Jonathan Koslen of New Image Photography.
• Rick Recht Rocked! Rick Recht, the top touring Jewish musician, was joined by dozens of Cleveland kids on August 22 at the Mandel JCC. A pre-concert picnic sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Young Leadership Division included tattoos, hair-sprayed hairdos and a fabulous performance by Playmakers Youth Theater. Check out the pics!
• Moms 2 B in the C-L-E (for Jewish Ladies with a Brisket in the Oven) was born on July 25. Share information (info@letmypeopleknowcleveland.com) about your pregnant friends and we’ll help connect them to great resources and future events.

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