Sheran Yeini and Omer Vered paid a visit to grade six at the Katznelson primary in Givataim, who won the "Sporting Class" award in the "Get Moving" project
Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club have joined the effort to raise general awareness of the problem of child obesity. To that end Maccabi stars Sheran Yeini and Omer Vered paid a visit this morning to the grade six class at the Katznelson Primary School in Givataim near Tel Aviv. Together with their form teacher Shiko Steiner, the children were the winners of the "Sporting Class" competition on the Maccabi Tel Aviv Facebook page, in which the kids uploaded photos of themselves on the school's athletic field, either during a sports activity or simply clad in supporter paraphernalia. The class that got the most "likes" was the winner, in this case grade six at the Katznelson Primary.
On arrival at the school during school hours, Yeini and Vered were surprised to find most of the children, boys and girls alike, carrying Maccabi footballs and dressed in Maccabi shirts, scarves and hats. The two Maccabi players, both students themselves, chatted with the pupils about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including participating in sports activities and keeping a well-balanced diet. Among other things, Yeini and Vered stressed the importance of combining the right amount of physical exercise, sufficient rest and again, a healthy diet. They also shared with the youngsters their own regimen for physical and mental preparedness on the team's matchdays.
Once the children had finished asking the players whatever questions had come to mind, Sheran and Omer handed out Maccabi Tel Aviv scarves to the whole class. In addition the children all received personal invitations to attend the team's forthcoming home match against champions Kiryat Shmona on Saturday. The two stars stayed an entire hour with the children and had their pictures taken with them and signed their names to whatever the kids had at hand. Even the teachers and the school head were keen to get their autographs.
