Hello from PJ Library Calgary! This is Sydney, PJ Library and Family Engagement Coordinator, with your September update.
September is here! Which means, back to school and daycare, activities starting back up, and the weather cooling down! I personally love the routine that September brings and I hope you do too!
September also means a return to regular programming with PJ Library Calgary! We have so many exciting things this month so I hope to see you all throughout the month and reconnect after what I hope was a wonderful summer.
PJOW families please remember to go into your accounts and choose your books by the 10th of the month. Parents of children who are 8 1/2 and older, can now activate their children's accounts at pjourway.org.
Please remember to email us if your family has moved and note that it takes around six weeks for an address change to be processed. As always, we want to know if there is a new family who we should welcome to PJ Library, or if you have added a baby to yours.
Take care and stay in touch!
Sydney Truax
PJ Library and Family Engagement Coordinator
struax@jewishcalgary.org
403.537.8592
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UPCOMING FAMILY EVENTS FOR YOU |
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Tot Shabbat
Paperny Family JCC
10:00 am
Join us for our free, interactive half-hour of Shabbat fun! We celebrate the joy of Shabbat and holidays with stories, songs, and brachot (blessings) with infants to preschoolers, their parents, and grandparents. Registration is required by 9:00am on the morning of Tot Shabbat.
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Wednesday, September 14 & 28 |
Shalom Baby
Paperny Family JCC
10:30 am
Join us for a relaxing cup of coffee and a snack while sharing the joys and oys of parenting.
Registration is required by 8:00am on the morning of Shalom Baby.
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UJA Walk + Carnival
Paperny Family JCC
10:00am - 2:00pm
Come together to celebrate our community and all that OUR Jewish Calgary has to offer. Starting from the Paperny Family JCC, join us on a 5k walk or run along the reservoir and through Eagle Ridge. Then meet us back at the JCC field for a fun-filled carnival with food, vendors, games, live music, and more.
PJ Library Calgary has our own team!! Join our team by clicking the link below and then meet us at the JCC to walk in our PJs before we head to the carnival!
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PJ Rosh Hashanah Kits
Pickup at UJA Carnival
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Enjoy a sweet gift from PJ Library along with your very own LEGO APPLE kit!
Pickup will be at the UJA Carnival on September 18th from 12 – 2pm, so come enjoy the carnival, play some games, eat some treats, and pick up your Rosh Hashanah bag!!
Limited quantities are available so make sure you register today!
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PJ Our Way Pizza Party
Paperny Family JCC
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Calling all 9 - 12 year olds!!! Join us for the PJ Our Way Kick off event and Pizza Party!!
Join us to play games, eat pizza and make some new friends. Registration is required by September 20th.
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- Here’s a peek at the wonderful books being mailed to PJ Library subscribers from age 0-8 this month.
- PJ Our Way kids have until the 10th of the month to log in and choose their next middle grade book or graphic novel.
- Three inspiring answers from author, illustrator, and animator Sarah Lynne Reul, creator of the upcoming PJ Library selection “Bubbie & Rivka’s Best-Ever Challah (So Far!)” amongst many other amazing books.
- Mother and writer Hana LaRock sings the praises of using Jewish songs as beautiful parenting tools.
- The beautiful A Time to Grow: A PJ Library Family Guide for Starting the Jewish New Year is being mailed to North American PJ Library subscribers, but you can enjoy the interactive digital version right now (available in English, Portuguese, and Spanish!).
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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS
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Calgary Jewish Federation's UJA, The Harold Grinspoon Foundation,
Cathy and Marty Cole, Jackie Halpern and Glenn Solomon,
Ila and Barry Hardin, Marilyn Libin, Beth and Lorne Price,
Lenny and Faigel Shapiro, Evelyn Sheftel-Shapiro,
Ida and Sam Switzer, Fanny Wedro, Darlene and Bill Foster
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Got questions? New to the community or looking to make connections with other families? I can help!
Sydney Truax, PJ Library and Family Engagement Coordinator
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