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Gan Parents' Association
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Welcome to all new and returning Gan families!
The Gan Parents’ Association (GPA), our Interim Gan Director, Sheri Brown, and our wonderful Gan staff look forward to making the 2011-2012 school year a great one.
For most of us, the Gan is our children’s first early education experience. The GPA can help your family get the most out of your nursery school experience. We provide a forum for sharing ideas and developing new school-related activities. Throughout the year, we have a wide range of programs for both parents and children including family Shabbat dinners, activities to teach our children about tzedakah, speakers on parenting and other relevant topics, and several other fun, social events. The “GPA Activity Summary” provides a complete list of activities and a brief explanation of each.
We use the dues for activities including providing lunch for the staff at their monthly meetings, the Lag B’Omer Bonfire, teachers’ birthday gifts, the Tzedakah Project, and much much more!! The annual membership fee of $60 per GAN child makes these special programs possible and subsidizes many other programs our children enjoy. To pay your dues by credit card or pay pal, please follow this link:
Your purchases can earn money for the Gan! The Gan Hayeled participates in programs with Safeway and Harris Teeter that give a percentage of your shopping costs automatically to the school at no extra cost to you.
You can register yourself at the links below:
SAFEWAY
Use Group ID 1034322 to sign up your card.
HARRIS TEETER
Use Group ID 1180 to sign up your card.
This program costs nothing to participate, and can make a real difference to our school. If you have relatives who shop at either store, please consider asking them to enroll their cards, too.
Please note that ALL cards need to be signed up each school year. Even if you signed your cards up in the past, they need to be signed up again.
If you would rather not sign your card up yourself, you can send your card information to Susan Burgess at skburgess@gmail.com and she will sign up your card.
GPA CONCERT SERIES
Presenting...John Henry, child entertainer, singer and pre-school wonder....
Adas Israel Congregation, in conjunction with the Gan ha-Yaled (pre-school) is proud to bring you the well-loved child entertainer. John Henry is guaranteed to get your little one(s) jumping and singing and to provide a break for the January blues! Take advantage of this unique opportunity to meet other Adas Israel families and our pre-school families.
Date: Sunday, January 29
Doors: 9:30 am
Show-time: 10:00 am
Location: Gan Space
Cost: $5/family
To register, please click here. Registration requested by January 20th.
SHABBAT DINNER AND SERVICE
Please join us on Friday, January 20th for Shabbat dinner and service. 5:45 Dinner - featuring a Mediterranean dinner (Falafel, schwarma, pita, Israeli salad, tehina, hummus, eggplant, chicken nuggets and plain noodles). 6:30 Kabbalat Shabbat - service led by one of Adas' Rabbis along with Robyn Helzner through songs, stories, and dancing. Concluding with an Oneg Shabbat. RSVPs must be received by Wednesday January 18th at noon. Price is $14.50 for adults and $6.50 for children 3 and older. To RSVP, please follow this link.
*Cost per person includes a $.50 charge for Mazon, A Jewish Response To Hunger, which will be donated to charity at the end of the school year. **Please contact KosherMart at 301-468-0400 with any allergy questions.
FAMILY HAVDALLAH DINNER AND SERVICE
Please join us on Saturday, February 11 at 5:30 pm for a family dinner and Havdallah service. Havdallah, which means “transition” in Hebrew, is a beautiful ceremony marking the end of Shabbat and the beginning of the new week. Join your Gan friends for a delicious dairy dinner (Seuda Shelishit, third Shabbat meal) and festive dancing with music by Robyn Helzner, followed by a Havdallah ceremony lead by Rabbi Gil Steinlauf. Then, take home your own special Havdallah kit. $20 per adult, $7.50 per child. Children under 2 are free. RSVP by January 31st. To register, please follow this link. Questions? Please contact co-chairs Debbie Morgan at morgaport@yahoo.com and Sara Gordon at saragordon18@gmail.com.
GPA SILENT AUCTION
Mark your calendars! The GPA's Annual Silent Auction is being held on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012. Please join us for an evening of food, libations, and fun!
This is the Gan's largest fundraiser of the year and we need your help to make it great! If you your someone you know is interested in donating an item or service to the Silent Auction, please complete the attached form or contact the co-chairs at gansilentauction@gmail.com by February 10, 2012. Some of the best donations are the most personalized, so consider your talents and be as creative as you want to be!
All proceeds from the auction go directly toward school improvements and the GPA's amazing projects. Last year's auction proceeds went to funding the science program, purchasing tech equipment, and furthering teacher education.
It's the children who benefit, so let's make this great!
This is a monthly project that involves the entire school. Volunteers from the GPA coordinate the collection and delivery of food and essentials to Martha's Table, a non-profit organization that assists children and families in need. In order to increase participation, each month a few classes are the "sponsors" and a classroom component of making or collecting sandwiches/supplies is involved. Families are also encouraged to make sandwiches at home, even when not your classes' month.
If you make sandwiches at home, please follow these easy steps to feed the homeless of Martha’s Table:
- Mark your calendars with the days to bring sandwiches on the third Wednesday of the month
Oct 18, 19; Nov 15, 16; Dec 20, 21; Jan 17, 18; Feb 14, 15; Mar 20, 21; Apr 17, 18
- Place either 2 slices of cheese (no condiments) or jelly and soy nut/sunflower butter on whole wheat bread.
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Place each sandwich individually in a plastic Ziploc bag so the volunteers on the Martha’s Table mobile food van can distribute the sandwiches easily to the homeless.
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Place the sandwiches back into the loaf bag.
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Bring them with you when you drop your child off on sandwich brigade days.
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If you have any questions, or to volunteer, please contact GPA co-presidents Rachel Strong and Alex Wisotsky at gpa@adasisrael.org.
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