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Kavana Annual Partner Meeting
2009
2
Kavana’s 3rd Year Objectives
• Launch new summer programming– summer camp, camping, rabbinic intern
• Evolve our education & social justice programming– reinvigorate adult education, relaunch social justice, expand family education and make sure it’s consistent
• People - Getting more clarity around “partnership” & lifecycle support
• Infrastructure – website, office, and feedback focus
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Highlights and Challenges in 2008-09
Highlights• Quick pace of growth
– Expanded programming– Expanded staff (Ilana Mantell)– New Space at QAPC– New Website
• National Recognition– Newsweek– Avi Chai Fellowship (Rachel)
Challenges• Money• Sustainable Growth Plan
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Board Update• Welcome to new board members:
– XXX
• Welcome to new president – Jeff Sprung– What he’s done this year to make the role sustainable
• Rachel’s contract – at least another 3 years• FY10 Board & structure
• Jeff Sprung - President• Suzi LeVine – Past President• Rebecca Cory - Secretary• Aaron Averbuch - Treasurer• Rachel Nussbaum
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Programming HighlightsLearning• Text Study (Living Room Learning)• Culture (Book Club, Film Series)• Other (Rebbe’s Tisch, Jewish Identity Workshops, God-
Talk Potluck, Kippah Crocheting, Haftorah Chanting)
Shabbat and Holidays• Variety of religious services (Coffee Shop Shabbat,
Shabbat Morning Minyan, Shabbat in the Park)• Home Hospitality Events (Shabbat, Sukkah dinners,
Seders)• Community Holiday Celebrations (High Holiday
programming, Chanukah Party, Tu B’shevat Seder, Purim baking and megillah reading, Lag BaOmer Bonfire, Tikkun Leil Shavuot)
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Programming Highlights (continued)
Family• Just for Parents (Parenting Salon, Parenting and
Teshuva Workshop, Interfaith Parenting Workshop)• Kids and Parents (Family Shabbat, Prep & Practice,
Hebrew Immersion Playgroup, Shabbat in the Park)• Kids Only (Moadon Yeladim, Summer Camp, Havdalah
Club)
Community• CSA (Meet the Farmer nights, Farm Visits, potlucks)• Community Building events (Home Hospitality events,
hiking and camping, cooking and baking)• Community Service (Food delivery to JFS clients;
collection of paper bags, food, toiletries; Volunteering with homeless families at QAPC)
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Looking ahead to FY10 (Jeff)
Objective Primary strategy
Focus on a financially sustainable & intimate Jewish community
Start “Pods”
Cement Kavana’s Cooperative Identity
Make our involvement and leadership in Kavana even more meaningful & fun
Further develop Kavana’s pluralist identity
Diversify spiritual practice
Scale Jewish education innovation
Start to look at and address Bar & Bat Mitvah years
Grow social justice focus Continue momentum with CSA and other nutrition related projects
Continued innovation Gather more feedback and continue thinking out of the box
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Strategy“Reverse Engineering”
• Break out into groups• List something most successful• 3-4 most valuable aspects to that
thing• Share• Scribe• Come back together for highlights
Thank you!
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