January 4, 2002

Michael Cherney bought tickets for 2,000 Haifa schoolchildren to the Hapoel-Maccaby soccer game on December 30, 2001.
Mr. Cherney explained that the 50,000-shekel gift had several objectives. "I wanted to get kids into sports, help parents organize their children's leisure, as well as help Hapoel-Haifa soccer club, whose owner recently died a tragic death and left a good team in dire economic straits."