Cherney money earmarked for children's summer activities

Polina Limpert, MIG News

Hadera, a small town in North Israel, has lately become one of the Palestinian terrorists' favorite targets. According to City Councilman Roman Gisher, «since the beginning of Intifada Two, the town has seen nine attacks, with seventeen victims. Nine Haderans died in the Megiddo bombing alone, including four new immigrants.»

The Cherney Fund has donated money to support various activities for Hadera children. One beneficiary was Children University, headed by Sonya Soloveychik, attended extracurricularly by eighty children who take advanced studies in general subjects. The word of the academic progress of the students at CU has spread beyond the immigrant community, and local Israelis have been enrolling their children as well.

Another beneficiary is Our Hadera Athletic Club, attended by three hundred children, of whom seventy percent are new emigres. Two favorite activities are soccer and chess. One of the school's founders is a former Kiev Dynamo goalkeeper Alexander Uvarov. Today the club team is coached by Yakov Lutschak, a former Ukraine national team player.

Currently the club has added a summer camp, which, in addition to soccer and chess, provides