Apple-picking time is here again.

Sunday, Sept 6

Get ready for Rosh Hashanah and spend a beautiful afternoon outside with kids and friends of Makom, apple-picking at Avalon Orchards in Innisfil.

Please bring a picnic lunch and a blanket — and BYOB (bags). The day begins at 11:30 at Avalon Orchards, located at 3150 5 Line in Innisfil just south of Barrie. Directions on Avalon Orchards’ website here. Google map directions here.

11:30  Meet outside at Avalon Orchards

11:45   Kids: Storytime and Rosh Hashanah crafts with Jen;

Adults: Making Rosh Hashanah meaningful, with Rabbi Aaron

12:15   Picnic lunch together

12:45  Apple picking

Please bring strong grocery bags to hold all your apples! Avalon supplies wagons to help you get your haul to your vehicle.

Whoa that’s a lotta apples, kid.

If you have space in your vehicle and are able to give others a ride, please let Jen Turack know — and thank you!

Add this event to your family calendar now. Friends are of course welcome.

In the event of heavy rainfall the program is cancelled.

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September 5-6 & 13-14

Makom is delighted to be providing joyous, song-filled and participatory High Holiday services again this year!  We’ll be gathering in beautiful Hart House to meet the Yamim Nora’im as a community with joy and awe.  We hope you’ll plan to join us for Rosh Hashanah, September 5- 6, and Yom Kippur, September 13-14.  Tickets will be on sale soon; watch for upcoming Makom announcements for more details.

We need your help with important volunteer roles!  Please consider devoting some time and effort to help make Makom’s High Holidays run smoothly so they can be an uplifting experience for all.  The main volunteer roles are:

1. Pick up/Drop off (Car Required) – Sept 3-5: Pick up ritual objects from locations around the city and drop them off at Hart House or another downtown location.
2. Pick up/Drop off (Car Required) – Sept 15: Pick up stuff from Hart House and drop off at locations around the city.
3. Schlepping (Without a Car) – Sept. 3-5, 15: Help load/unload and move ritual objects, etc.
4. Snack Purchase + Delivery: Purchase kid-appropriate snacks and bring them to Hart House for each day of High Holidays.
5. Airport Pick Up/Drop Off – Sept 5, 8, 13, 15: Pick up our special guest leader and his family from the airport and drop them off at their downtown host and vice-versa.
6. Welcome basket: Compile and deliver welcome basket of some light snacks for our guest leader and his family and deliver to their downtown host family.
7. Set Up/Clean Up: Before and after services, be responsible for organizing/dismantling room set-up including prayer books, ritual objects, etc.
8. Standby: Be available to help out with random last-minute tasks that arise.

Please email hhd@MakomTO.org to let us know how you can help.  We look forward to hearing from you!

Jo Frisch,

Makom High Holiday Team Leader

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