"Harvesting Social Responsibility"
A Community Sukkes Celebration

Saturday September 25, 2010
11:00 a.m.
Camp Naivelt, Brampton

Celebrate the harvest and learn about the importance of food security at The Winchevsky Centre's outdoor community celebration of the Jewish harvest holiday Sukkes. This family-friendly event takes place on Saturday September 25, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Camp Naivelt, 8596 Creditview Road in Brampton, Ontario.

People of all ages will enjoy fun and interactive activities including: decorating our sukkah, a scavenger hunt, nature walk, holiday music, stories and treats. Guest speaker Charles Levkoe will lead an interactive tasting experience of local produce, where participants will learn about the work and challenges of local growers and the impact on the global food system. This event is part of Culture Days.

A doctoral candidate working within the Canadian food movement, Charles Levkoe has worked as a consultant with The Stop Community Food Centre, ran a Community Shared Agriculture farm project in Nova Scotia, and has coordinated urban agriculture projects in Toronto. He also taught the module "Jews and Environmental Justice" at the Winchevsky Centre's children's Sunday school, Toronto's Secular Jewish Community School.

Culture Days (culturedays.ca) is a collaborative pan-Canadian volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. Culture Days was initiated by four Founding Partners: The Canadian Arts Summit, Culture pour tous (producer of les Journées de la culture), Canada Council for the Arts and The Banff Centre. To date provincial partners include Government of Alberta, SaskCulture, Manitoba Homecoming, Government of Manitoba, Ontario Arts Council, Government of Prince Edward Island and the Government of Northwest Territories. Culture Days was inspired by Journées de la culture, produced by Culture pour tous in Québec.

Admission is free. Bring your own picnic lunch - drinks and a sampling of traditional holiday treats will be provided. Carpooling can be arranged. For reservations and directions to Camp Naivelt, call 416-789-5502.