Day 4, Sharing & Caring

Friday morning, the Phoenix delegation went with 100 other Maccabians to an underfunded community center in Kiryat Shmona. Our kids and those from Denver and several other cities worked to beautify the center: weeding and removing rocks then planting flowers and small trees; creating benches from old tires, cement, and pottery shards; and painting four LARGE murals on walls that previously featured only flecked paint and rust stains. After working our tushes off, we returned to the Maccabi games hub and loaded buses bound for our 2-day home stays. Phoenix went to Ashkelon down south--we'll reconvene in Jerusalem Sunday, where highlights will include the 15U boys basketball team and Scott Levine in tennis playing for gold medals, and the 17U boys soccer squad going for a bronze.