Acting opportunities, raffle tickets at
Nautical Festival raise funds for G.A.S.P. Since the death of her son, Damian into schools and community organizaCorrenlc, Pamela Corrente has been very tions to educate children and offer alterbusy trying 10 get the word out to chilnatives. "After-school programs and dren with thoughts of joining a gang thai extra curricular activities are mandatory there are alternatives to a life of crime. In - if we want to slop this wave of slreet vioresponse to the anti-violence public serlence. After-school hours are the PRIME vice announcement, sponsored by the time for juvenile crime and we MUST Veterans of the Vietnam War, which was take care of our children," said Mrs. Corcreated by Mrs. Corrente, efforts are conrente. tinuing in the campaign for Gang AwareFrank Hunler of ihe Freeporl Rolary ness Suppression and Prevention Club donated a boat to help with (GASP) program. The PSA was picked fundraising for the continuing fight to up immediately by ABC/channel 7 and educate. Raffle tickets will be sold for a played during "Rosie." "Regis" and "The chance to win the boat during the View." The PSA is also shown on the Freeport Nautical Festival at the Frank Long Island station, Channel 12. This Hunter Marina. The winner will be resulted in speaking engagements across drawn at a later date. Long Island in schools, churches etc. There will also be entertainment, and Thanks to the Freeport Rotary Club, some New York casting and talent agents there is now a beautiful Memorial Garand managers, donating iheir lime to regden at the Freeport Recreation Center in ister new latent! honor of "Damian Corrente and all those Anyone interesting in gelling started in whose lives have been taken by vioTV, film, commercials, or prinl and calalence," as the inscription says. "We have logue work, is invited lo slop by between also begun a "Damian Corrente Memori12 and 6 p.m. on Saturday or Sunday. al Youth Foundation" in an effort to supThere will be on-camera practice audipress the significant increase in gang, tions, registration, and picture submisgun, and street violence and stop the sion wilh New York talent and print alarming rate of deaths among our chilagents and managers. A Donation of $25 dren," Mrs. Correnle said. will include 30 raffle tickets to win ihe Her next project is a documentary to 22.5 Larivee boat. All proceeds are going go into the schools to educate children to the Damian Corrente Memorial Youth (ages 10 and up) about the dangers and Foundation. "Please join us and support consequences of this violent way of life. us in this very important effort!" says Realistic alternatives for prevention will Mrs. Corrente. be shown. "Some of the work we have been As members of Fight Crime, Invest in doing will be featured on an upcoming Kids, Mrs. Corrente has been to Albany special edition of 'John Edward Crossing with Chief James Russo of Heinpstead Over,' and both the Damian Corrente trying to get funding for after-school Memorial Youth foundation and activities for children. STRONG have been contacted together She has worked on several occasions by the "Judge Judy Hackett" show to with Sergio from STRONG (Struggling speak to a troubled teen. We want to to Reunite Our New Generation,) going impact him by showing, first hand, the
devastation this way of life brings from both points of view!" "As always I want to thank Michele Swersey from The Leader, Oscar Corral and Victor Ramos from Newsday, and Channel 12 for keeping this serious issue of children killing children in everyone's face. Doing so has forced communities not only to become aware, but will hopefully prevent other children from the same tragedy," concluded Mrs. Corrente. After the success of channel 7, the PSA
is now being picked up by channel 11 WPIX and will begin airing Friday. June I betwen 6 and 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. and f p.m. You can join the fight by buying raffle tickets, which are one for a dollar or 6 for $5. They come in books of 6. Tickets can be purchased either at the festival or by sending a check to The Damian Correnle Memorial Youth Foundation c/o The Freeport Rotary Club, c/o David Freeman, 5 Ann Drive North, Freeport. (MCS)
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