Announcing
The Honey & Barry
Community Park
Join us in honouring Honey & Barry Sherman
by adding your name to the
HONEY & BARRY
COMMUNITY PARK CAMPAIGN
To honour the legacy of two extraordinary leaders who left a tremendous impact on our Jewish community, on Canadian society, in Israel, and around the world, a two-acre park located on Sherman Campus will be named the Honey & Barry Community Park.
The vibrant Park will reflect Honey & Barry’s passion and excitement for bringing community together. It will be home to summer and winter camps, specialty markets, family nature outings, and community celebrations.
Please join us in creating the Honey & Barry Community Park, honouring two visionary philanthropic leaders who so passionately believed in Toronto’s Jewish Community. The Community Park Campaign will help to fulfill Honey & Barry's dream of building three engaging hubs of Jewish life in the Greater Toronto Area for generations to come. All gifts to this campaign will go towards creating the Park and ensuring that it is enriched with vibrant programming; and completing UJA Federation’s Tomorrow Campaign.
All donors to the Honey & Barry Community Park will be recognized on a donor recognition wall on Sherman Campus.
Honey and Barry Sherman
The Jewish community of Toronto, Canada, Israel and the world, has been blessed and enriched by the leadership of Honey and Barry Sherman z”l, who were at the forefront of every major Jewish community initiative.
Over the last decade, they worked tirelessly to help UJA Federation complete The Tomorrow Campaign and help transform the Toronto Jewish community.
A magnificent, two-acre green space, located at the south end of Sherman Campus, will be named in their honour, and like Honey and Barry, will reflect the dynamic life of our community.
Sherman Campus
Located on Bathurst Street, north of Sheppard Avenue, Sherman Campus is home to major community agencies such as UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, Prosserman JCC, Jewish Family & Child, Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, and Jewish Free Loan Toronto.
The Campus serves the entire community through various agencies, community celebrations, Holocaust education, archival and library resources, daycare, supplementary education, and health & fitness facilities. It provides a dynamic hub of engagement for the young, the young at heart, families and singles, immigrants and native Torontonians, while nurturing and strengthening their Jewish journeys.
Sherman Campus is located on Bathurst St. just north of Sheppard Ave.
Future Community Engagement at the Honey & Barry Community Park
Community Gatherings and Celebrations
The Community Park will be a lively place where the community will come together for concerts, holiday celebrations, and picnics.
Specialty Programming
Specialty outdoor programming will be offered to foster a love of the outdoors and community building for the whole family.
Summer Camp
With the revitalization of Sherman Campus and the new Community Park, the Jack and Pat Kay Centre Camp will return to Sherman Campus. Hundreds of children will make life-long memories while spending their summer breathing fresh air and enjoying the beautiful outdoors that the Community Park provides.
Outdoor Activities
The Community Park will be a magnet for activities, from baseball games in the summer, to picnics in the fall, cross country skiing in the winter, and nature hikes in the spring.
Specialty Markets
With a beautiful two-acre space, the park could be home to specialty community markets such as summer farmers’ markets.
Hiking and Nature Walks
Set within the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority-protected Don Valley ravine system, Sherman Campus is part of Toronto’s 600-kilometer trail system, continuing north to G. Ross Lord Park and south to Earl Bales Park.
Make a donation today
To make a donation, please use the above form or contact us at shermanpark@ujafed.org or 416.631.5737
Honey & Barry Community Park Leadership
Alex Krawczyk, Honourary Chair
Fred Waks, Honourary Chair
Debbie & Warren Kimel, Leadership Team Chairs
David & Stacey Cynamon
Sandra & Michael Florence
Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski
Leslie Gales & Keith Ray
Toddy & Irving Granovsky
George & Kitty Grossman
Julia & Henry Koschitzky
Brad Krawczyk
Rona Krawczyk
Ariella Rohringer & Earl Rotman
Shael Rosenbaum
Karen Simpson Radomski & Harry Radomski
Bryna & Fred Steiner
Fran & Ed Sonshine
Adam Minsky, President & CEO, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
Lisa Morrison, CFRE, SVP Philanthropy & Capital Development, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
For more information, please email shermanpark@ujafed.org