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September 15 s 2011
he word "selfish" isn't a part
of Sammy Stern's vocabu-
lary.
After he had sold enough $10 raffle
tickets to pay his registration fee to
participate in the JCC Maccabi Games
this summer, the 14-year-old from
Huntington Woods didn't stop there.
He continued to sell tickets, knowing
full well that all the money from the
sales would be going into a scholarship
fund for other Detroit Maccabi athletes
who needed financial assistance.
"The economy is tough, so I
thought I'd help my parents by sell-
ing enough tickets so I could go to
Sammy Stern, left, and Detroit Maccabi
the Maccabi Games for free',' he said.
basketball teammate Jon Radner, right,
"Once I did that, I kept going because flank Mexican players Davo Samra and
I knew there were kids who were hop- Alejandro Hirsch Saed.
ing for scholarships."
Stern sold 183 of the 646 raffle
Stern wasn't only a Maccabi cham-
tickets sold by the more than 100
pion in raffle ticket sales. He also was
Detroit Maccabi athletes, artists, coach- a Maccabi champion on the basketball
es and delegation heads who went to
court, helping the Detroit 14U boys team
Israel, Philadelphia and Springfield,
win a gold medal in Springfield with a
Mass. He won a $50 prize for selling the perfect 7-0 record.
most of any athlete or artist.
One of his teammates was best
Thirteen scholarships were
friend Jon Radner, also a Huntington
awarded to athletes who competed
Woods resident and Berkley High
in Philadelphia and Springfield.
School freshman.
Scholarships paid for a maximum of 50
Stern played center for the Detroit
percent of the registration free.
team. He's not sure if he'll play that posi-
First prize in the raffle was $1,000.
tion or power forward at Berkley.
Second and third prizes were $360 and
"Wherever they want me to play:' he
$180. Funding for the prizes came from
said.
sources other than raffle ticket sales.
He's a member of the Berkley junior
Eighty percent of each raffle ticket sold
varsity boys tennis team this fall.
by an athlete or artist went to the youth
who sold it, and 20 percent went into the
Athletes of the Year
scholarship fund. Once Stern had paid his The Michigan Jewish Sports
registration fee, 100 percent of each ticket Foundation has announced the names
sold was put in the scholarship fund.
of the Jewish News High School Athletes
"What Sammy did was absolutely
of the Year and Bill Hertz Memorial
Scholarship recipient.
amazine said Detroit Maccabi delega-
tion head Karen Gordon.
The Athletes of the Year are
A letter Stern wrote to about 50 family Farmington Hills Harrison football
player Stephen Slobin and Ann Arbor
members and friends resulted in most
Huron swimmer Elizabeth Gelb.
of his ticket sales. Enclosed with each
letter was a stamped envelope.
Lacrosse player Ari Cicurel from
"What I am most excited about is ...
Bloomfield Hills Andover and the
my representation as a leader of Metro
International Academy is the scholar-
ship winner.
Detroit:' he wrote about his first partici-
pation in the Maccabi Games.
Slobin, Gelb and Cicurel will be
"If you are not able to help at this
honored Nov. 7 at the annual Michigan
time, I absolutely understand and will
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction
accept all good wishes that come my
dinner at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
way," he also wrote.
in Southfield. More details about the
Most of the money from ticket sales
high school honorees and dinner will
poured in the first two weeks after the
be forthcoming. I I
letter was mailed. Checks continued to
trickle in for about two months.
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