ON FRIDAYS, WE SHARE IMAGES sent to us by PJ library communities and families. Send your great PJ Library-related photos to outreach@hgf.org.
This week’s submission comes from the 2012 PJ Library North American Conference.
Each spring, PJ Library holds an invitational North American Conference for PJ Program Professionals, Partners, Lay Leaders, and Donors. The goal of the conference is to increase the effectiveness of the PJ Library program in reaching and engaging Jewish families in Jewish life by developing the outreach, programming, community organizing, and fundraising skills of local PJ Library communities.
SAMMY SPIDER’S FIRST CONFERENCE
Attending the annual event for the first time this year was Sylvia Rouss‘s Sammy the Spider character. He was the honored guest of the PJ Library community of the Greater Palm Beaches area.
The Sammy Spider Traveling Curriculum Project was developed by Lorraine & Jack N. Friedman Commission for Jewish Education of the Palm Beaches‘ Jewish Family Life Department Director Amy Bergman and Associate Erika Simon, who showcased the effort as model of best practices at the convention.
You may know Sammy Spider from such PJ Library selections as:
- Sammy Spider’s First Day of School
- Sammy Spider’s First Rosh Hashanah
- Sammy Spider’s First Shavuot
- Sammy Spider’s First Simchat Torah
- Sammy Spider’s First Trip to Israel
- Sammy Spider’s First Purim
The PJ Library was honored to have Sammy at the conference and is blessed to have photos of Sammy from the event. Below is a slideshow of Sammy moments caught with this friends at the Conference:
Do you have photos of PJ Library children in your local community? Send them to us by e-mail at outreach@hgf.org.