365K NIS Raised at Gala Evening 2016/17

Just as in years past, Maccabi Tel Aviv held their Annual Gala in Tel Aviv. Present at the event were the Yellow & Blue players, professional staff and over 500 guests including the Club’s sponsors. The Gala Evening’s lead sponsor was HP Indigo while other sponsors included Profit, Yam Yagudaev, Eurodrive, Leaan and IBBLS. This year’s Gala was Maccabi’s third and Lior Suchard was the host of the special evening.

All of the proceeds from the Gala will go to benefit the Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Foundation and the activities and programs that are done in conjunction with various non-profit organizations around Tel Aviv and Israel. Over the course of the evening, various projects were featured including Special Olympics, Chinuch L’Psagot and the Lone Soldier project together with Michael Levin and Beit Almog Shiloni. There was a Maccabi Ambassador for each program which included, Captain Sheran Yeini, Gal Alberman and Dor Micha.

The evening opened with words from the Owner’s Representative Jack Angelides who spoke about the importance of the Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Foundation and its activities to the Club’s owner Mitch Goldhar as one of his goals was to use the positive power of football to impact those off of the pitch as well.

“When Mitch Goldhar came to Maccabi he clearly stated that one of his motivations was to make a positive contribution to the community. I hope that the programs and projects of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Foundation and our sponsors will achieve exactly that. Sometimes we forget that people see us as part of their family, and I feel that this is something important and a reminder about the responsibility and commitment that we have to keep improving all of the time. This is both on and off of the pitch. We have to work hard. I believe that this is an important event and together with your help we can significantly influence the lives of many people.”

One of the highlights of the evening was the Season Award winners including the Player of the Season, Goal of the Season, Players’ Player of the Season and Youth Player of the Season long with the Honorary Lifetime Award. The recipients were chosen by a panel which included former Club President Gideon Brickman, former player and current Club Manager Benny Tabak, Sport Director Jordi Cruyff along with former players Eli Drikes and Boni Ginzburg.

During the event prizes were handed out to the donors including a dinner for two with a pair of players, a private training sessions for 6 children with two players, a VIP Box for 14 guests, a chance to be a part of the Club Photo along with Barak Itzhaki’s shoe that was used to score his famous bicycle kick goal against Maccabi Haifa.