PROGRAM GUIDE Spring 2015 Cultural Arts Jewish Life Adult Learning & Special Interest Family Programs Children’s Programs Youth Programs Active Living Seniors Programs Aquatics Programs & Services for Individuals with Special Needs Adult Sport, Recreation & Fitness Registration Starts: Members March 10 / Non-Members March 17 call (204) 477-7510 or visit A MEMBER OF THE JCC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA WWW.RADYJCC.COM /radyjcc @radyjcc Message from the President VISION STATEMENT The Rady Jewish Community Centre aspires & the Executive Director to be a vibrant and welcoming community where Jewish culture and values flourish, The pages enclosed within this where families and friendships are Program Guide outline the wide strengthened, where healthy and active range of fitness and cultural lifestyles are encouraged and where we programming available to you and contribute to the well-being of the entire your family this spring! community by ensuring our programs and The Rady JCC has worked hard to services are available to all. revolutionize our fitness facility for members, and coming this MISSION STATEMENT Elliot Garfinkel Gayle Waxman President Executive Director spring, we’re excited to announce The Rady Jewish Community Centre’s we’ll be replacing a large portion mission is to be the centre of the of outdated resistance training equipment with brand new Technogym community providing the best in Jewish Olympic benches, plate loaded machines and functional machines. culture, fitness and wellness programs for all stages of life. Your experience at the Rady JCC is important to us. We want to ensure you feel welcome every time you are here and that we are not only meeting your expectations but exceeding them. We hope our programming in TABLE OF CONTENTS all areas lives up to our vision of creating a vibrant community, where How to Register ....................................................1 Jewish culture and values flourish, where families and friendships are Membership ......................................................2-3 strengthened and where active lifestyles are encouraged. Please do not Directory ............................................................... 4 hesitate to contact us if you have any ideas that will help us realize our Cultural Arts .................................................... 5-12 vision. We are here to serve and help build the community. Music ‘N’ Mavens .............................................. 5 Zooming In ........................................................ 6 On behalf of everyone at the Rady JCC – our staff, volunteers, The People of the Book Jewish Book Club ......7 Board of Directors – we wish you all the best. Asper Jazz Performances ..................................7 Thank you for your ongoing support. We look forward to seeing you Healing Sundays ............................................... 8 at the Rady JCC. Wishing you joy at Passover and throughout the year! Wpg. International Jewish Film Fesitval ........10 Mameloshen 2015 ............................................ 11 Elliott Garfinkel, President Gayle Waxman, Executive Director Jewish Life & Holiday Programs ..................13-14 Family Programs & Services.........................15-18 Pre and Postnatal Programs ..........................15 Rady JCC Board of Directors Children & Family Classes ..............................16 (Left to Right) Bottom Row: Child Care ......................................................... 17 Eugene Brokopiw, Gayle Children’s Programs .....................................20-22 Waxman, Elliott Garfinkel, Rady JCC Day Camps ................................. 20-21 Danny Stoller, Jack Hurtig Youth Programs ............................................ 23-25 Middle Row: Courtney Feldman, Lindsay Sawyer-Fay, Aileen Programs & Services for Berger-White, Seth Marks, Individuals with Special Needs........................ 26 Debbie Hoffman, Steven Kohn Adult Special Interest & Jewish Learning .. 27-28 Back Row: Daniel Jacobowitz, Programs/Classes ...........................................27 Nona Leibl, Marty Greenfeld, Brian Gertenstein Missing: LGBTQ Programming ...................................... 28 Eric Sawyer, Al Greenberg, Programs for Older Adults .......................... 29-32 Ginna Sapozhnik, Murray Gilfix, Active Living 60+ ............................................. 30 Ken Kronson Rady Wellness Series ......................................31 Groups/Activities ........................................... 32 Adult Sport Fitness & Recreation ...............33-40 Fitness Programs ............................................ 33 Hours of Operation Small Group Training (SGT) ........................... 35 Group Fitness/Aqua Fitness .......................... 36 MONDAY – THURSDAY .............. 6:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Pool closes 30 Pilates/Reformers ...........................................37 FRIDAY ........................................ 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. minutes before the Personal Training ........................................... 38 JCC closes. Track area SATURDAY .................................. 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Aquatics ......................................................... 41-44 and gymnasiums Swimming Lessons .................................... 41-42 SUNDAY (APR. – OCT.) ............. 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. close 15 minutes Lifesaving Programs, Specialty Programs.....43 SUNDAY (NOV. – MAR.) ............. 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. before the JCC closes. Summer Sessions ........................................... 44 Registration How to Register Registration Starts (9:00 a.m.) Members March 10 / Non-Members March 17 REGISTER EARLY! BY MAIL Rady JCC programs fill up fast! Cheque, VISA or MasterCard Register early to ensure your spot. Please make cheques payable to Rady Jewish Community Centre. If your preferred program is full, Member rates are available to people with memberships that are valid ask to be put on a waiting list. throughout the course of the selected program. If our waiting lists are long enough, Program fees must be paid in full upon registration. Another person we may offer additional programs. may register a member on their behalf if a registration form is obtained, Our department manager will call completed and signed in advance. Program fees for non-members include you if space becomes available. facility admission on program days and times only. Program fees for children ONLINE do not include parental use of the facility. Please bring your non-member www.radyjcc.com program registration card for admission to the facility each day of your program. VISA or MasterCard accepted • You will receive confirmation REFUND POLICY of program registration within Each Rady JCC program requires a minimum number of participants. 48 hours of registering on our Programs below the minimum are cancelled. If your program has been website. cancelled before the first class, you will receive a 100% refund. If cancelled • An email confirmation receipt will after the first class, you will receive a pro-rated refund. detail your registered programs, without revealing any personal WITHDRAWALS information. If you withdraw from a program before it starts, a credit note will be provided for the amount of the program fee less a 20% administration charge. IN PERSON Cash, Cheque, Interac, No refunds or credit notes are available after the first class unless the VISA or MasterCard accepted withdrawal is for medical reasons (physician’s note is required). Suite B100–123 Doncaster Street No refunds or credit notes are available for one-time events unless the Winnipeg, Manitoba R3N 2B3 withdrawal is for medical reasons (physician’s note is required). BY PHONE 24 hours notice is required for cancelling individual services such as VISA or MasterCard accepted massage therapy, personal training, rehabilitation services and babysitting. Call our Membership Desk Cancellations without 24 hours notice are subject to a fee. at (204) 477-7510. There are no refunds or credit notes for Lunch Bunch, After School Care, School’s Out, Winter, Spring and Passover Camps. Kaufman Child Care For more information, Centre at the Rady JCC please contact: Eleonora Caporalini Providing care for 113 children, our centre strives to give Director of Child Care Services at Rady JCC children a balanced program that is specifically tailored to PHONE: (204) 478-8585 the individual child. Every day experiences are infused with EMAIL: [email protected] Jewish traditions and values. Joanna Young Outstanding Early Childhood Educator: Madhu Sharma Assistant Director of Kaufman Child Care Centre Madhu is the team leader of our infant room. She plans activities to foster the PHONE: (204) 477-7414 development of fine and gross motor skills and foster language skills. Madhu main EMAIL: [email protected] goal is to help the children build positive and respectful relationships by providing a safe and developmentally appropriately environment where all children’s needs Shirly Pelich are met. Madhu offers children different play-based opportunities to explore their Program Manager environment through their senses such as making honey cake with the children for of Kaufman Child Care Centre Rosh Hashanah. This stimulates their sense of smell, taste and touch as well PHONE: (204) 477-7414 as helps provide a foundation for their Jewish culture. EMAIL: [email protected] ROSE AND MAX RADY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE WWW.RADYJCC.COM PROGRAM GUIDE SPRING 2015 1 Membership Membership has its Privileges Not only do Rady JCC