
Events

PJ Library In Vermont 18th Birthday Party
🎉 PJ Library in Vermont’s 18th Birthday Party! 🎉
📅 Date: Sunday, June 29
🕐 Time: 1:00–3:00 PM
📍 Location: Manchester, Vermont (exact location provided upon RSVP)
Come celebrate 18 years of PJ Library in Vermont with a fun-filled afternoon for all ages!
🎭 Entertainment:
🎨 Activities Include:
Craft your own puppet & bookmark
PJ Library book walk
Cupcake decorating
Interactive adventures
Yummy snacks!
📲 RSVP Required — click to register and receive the event location.
🧁 Fun, friends, and festive activities await—don’t miss it!


Mitzvah Mania
Everyone is invited to participate in Mitzvah Mania!
Please sign up for one of 12 different mitzvah projects with folks of all ages by contacting Melissa Herman
Suitable for people ages 4-94. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Mitzvah projects will include making food for local soup kitchens, preparing soup kitchen garden for planting, Jewish cemetery cleanup, performing music for and playing games with nursing home residents, etc.

Young Families Concert: Wayne Potash
The Temple Sinai Young Families Program…
presents Wayne Potash!
Designed for ages 0-6, but all are welcome!


Tot Shabbat In The Garden
Young families join Rabbi David and Beth in the JCOGS Mitzvah Garden for our final gathering of the year. We'll dance and sing and hear the classic story, Eliezer and the Gezer, about a stubborn carrot and then plant carrots to eat next year. Followed by a lite nosh.
For kiddos birth to 6 years old and their grown ups.
With thanks to PJ Library in Vermont for partnering on this event.


Spring Gardening
Cafe & Play in the Children's Village from 9 - 11 am. From 9 - 10 am it's Open Play, and for the next 3 weeks we are offering Spring Gardening from 10 - 11 am! (It's a drop-in/by donation for Open Play, and the gardening program is $5.)

JUDA Kids Club's Great Model Matzah Bakery!
Happening Sunday, April 6th from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm at Chabad of Burlington! RSVP at www.chabadvt.org/juda

JCOGS Passover Palooza
In partnership with PJ Library and Stowe Free Library.
Storytime, crafts, music & fun for kids birth to 6 years old and families at the Stowe Free Library! Join Shabbasaurus and Tzipi the Curious Bird and special guest for a sweet Shabbat morning learning all about Passover. With special treats!
For families with kids from birth to six years old.
In partnership with PJ Library and Stowe Free Library.t

Runaway Matzo Ball
Tot Shabbat with Anna Sobel’s Talking Hands – pre-Passover program: The Runaway Matzo Ball, followed by Pizza

Spring Gardening
Cafe & Play in the Children's Village from 9 - 11 am. From 9 - 10 am it's Open Play, and for the next 3 weeks we are offering Spring Gardening from 10 - 11 am! (It's a drop-in/by donation for Open Play, and the gardening program is $5.)
Family Purim Celebration
Celebrate the joyous Purim holiday with the entire family with a day filled with fun, laughter, and community spirit! Here’s what we have planned for this amazing day:
10:15 – 10:30 AM:
We’ll kick things off with a delightful Preschool Storytime with Clergy, where little ones can hear the Purim story come to life in an interactive and engaging way.
10:30 – 11:00 AM:
Join us for the Megillah Reading and Costume Parade! Everyone is encouraged to dress up in your favorite costumes as we read the Megillah together and parade through the celebration.
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM:
The fun continues with our Purim Carnival! There’s something for everyone, with games, crafts, prizes, bouncy castle, and more! Be sure to check out all the activities, including:
Mishloach Manot Making to share with friends and family
Delicious Hamantaschen to enjoy
Fun Face Painting to get into the spirit of the day
A fabulous Raffle with great prizes!
We’re so glad you’re here to celebrate with us—let’s make this Purim one to remember!
Suggested Donation – $18/Family

Tot Shabbat and Young Families Purim Party
There will be a Tot Shabbat service in the sanctuary starting at 9:30 am. Then we will move into the social hall for crafts, toys, face painting, and a photo booth.
Costumes are encouraged!
Please register by clicking on the button below so that we will know how many Purim baskets (Mishloach Manot) to make!
Contact Aimee Hutton for questions and more information.
