Archive of Past Community Programs

Here are some of the community events and programs we've done in the past:

• Family Promise - November 2011
• Apple Picking - Sunday, October 2
• Sukkot Farm Visit & Gleaning Project - Sunday, Oct. 16
• Home Hospitality Shabbat - August 5
• Summer Camping Trip - open to all Kavana families and adults!  August 12-14.
• Birthday Party - Kavana Turns 5 this Summer!  Join us on July 5th to celebrate!
• Freedom Shabbat - April 23
• 2011 CSA Kickoff - Feb. 27
• Kavana's Winter Retreat - Fun for the whole family!
• Cuba-America Jewish Mission - Kavana collected items for a mission trip
• Home Hospitality Shabbat (for Sukkot) - Fri. Sept. 24, 2010
• Family Promise - to help offer food and shelter to homeless families
• Work Party!  Wed. Sept. 1 & Thurs. Sept. 2!
• Eco-Kosher Meat....on an organic, sustainable family farm
• Camping Trip 2010
• Hike!
• Home Hospitality Shabbat
• Jewish Environmental Bike Ride - May 7-10, 2010 (Shabbat retreat with eco-Jews, then a 2-day ride); lots of training rides through Seattle 'hoods
• Landscaping a Jewish Garden
• Habitat Restoration for Tu B'Shevat
• Sukkot Farm Trip
• Kavana's "State of the Union" Workshop
• Dinner with Ruth Messinger of American Jewish World Service
• Potlucks in the park 
• "Erev Christmas" party with kosher Chinese food and a movie
• Wine tastings
• Kavana Men Cook
• Lecturers including:
  • Jen Taylor Friedman (one of the world's only female Torah scribes)
  • Rabbi Larry Hoffman (Author of My People's Prayer Book and Synagogue 3000 Senior Academic Fellow and co- founder)