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Volunteers gear up for the 1998 Maccabi Games.
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LONNY GOLDSMITH
Staff Writer
iffy-five committee chairpeo-
ple volunteered last
December to plan the 1998
Maccabi Games, scheduled
to take place at venues throughout the
area, August 16-23.
They now have nine months to
put together the second biggest
Jewish communal event in the
city's history.
The jobs of the com-
mittees vary from orga-
nizing a sports tournament
to providing meals every
day, but all are difficult.
"These are not ceremo-
nial committees," said
Games director Beth Kellman.
"They do the work to put on the
games."
Most of the committee chairpeople
have recruited volunteers to work
under them. The responsibility of the
sports chairpeople is to schedule the
time and place of their event, staff
the venue, and schedule officials.
"The number of volunteers that it
takes at a sport varies," Kellman said.
"Soccer or baseball may only need
one, while track might need many
people to serve as timers.
"In general, though, committees
need to plan events for 200 spectators
to 18,000 (for the opening cere-
monies at The Palace)."
Other than the sports and the
opening ceremonies, a large number
of people also will be planning the
social events, which will be trips to
The Detroit Zoo and Camp
Tamarack, an Israeli Night and a
dance at the Maple/Drake JCC, and
a sports night at West Bloomfield
High School.
"We're planning a barbecue with
some type of entertainment," said
Mike Bellet, who's co-chairing
Tamarack Night with his wife Joanne.
Most of the camp will be open for
the kids, according to Bellet, with the
exception of the waterfront.
"We started planning in general
terms eight or nine months ago," he
said. "We've had a number of meet-
ings so far. We should be finished
planning during the winter."
The Bellets housed athletes in
1984 and 1990, the last two times
the games were in Detroit.
"It's a lot different this time
around," he said. "We'll definitely
find out who our friends are when we
ask them to volunteer."
The housing committee
probably is faced with
the most daunting
task. An estimated
1,300 homes in the
area and in Ann Arbor
will be needed to house the
3,000 plus athletes sched-
uled to arrive.
"We started doing this
two years ahead of time," Carol
Eisenshtadt said. "We get out to talk
to every organization and every rabbi
in town."
As of now, the early preparation
has paid off, with over 100 homes
procured to house athletes.
The 1998 games is Eisenshtadt's
third time on the housing committee,
having served on it the last two times
they were in Detroit.
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Close to a
thousand
volunteers
needed.
"I'm a glutton for punishment,"
she said. "But it's very gratifying."
Starting in January, the housing
committee will hold telethons that
will contact every Jewish household
to ask if they'll host. According to
Eisenshtadt, it's the primary way
homes are volunteered.
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For more information about vol-
unteering or housing athletes, call
Beth Kellman in the Maccabi
Games office at (248) 661-7722.