Pubdate: Wed, 15 Feb 2006
Source: News Transcript (NJ)
Copyright: 2006 GMN
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3409
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MARCH 17 HOOPS GAME TO BENEFIT MANALAPAN DARE PROGRAM

MANALAPAN -- Trinity Financial, Sports and  Entertainment Management 
Company and the Manalapan  Englishtown Educational Foundation will 
sponsor the  Manalapan Police Department's "Basketball Extravaganza" 
on March 17 to support the Manalapan Drug Abuse  Resistance Education 
(DARE) programs.

New York Jets legend Joe Klecko and former New York  Giants and 
Indianapolis Colts running back Keith Elias,  both members of 
Trinity's corporate advisory board,  will be on hand for autographs 
and pictures.

To be held at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School,  Millhurst 
Road, from 5:30-8 p.m., the event will  feature a benefit basketball 
game pitting the Manalapan  teachers against the Manalapan police. 
 From 5:30-7:30  p.m., Klecko and Elias will be signing 8 x 10 photos 
for a donation of $20 (one of each player; package of  two), as well 
as additional items at an additional  cost. All proceeds from the 
night's events will go to  the Manalapan DARE program.

"As a Manalapan resident, I am very pleased that my  company can be 
of assistance to the township police  department," said Peter 
Grandich. "DARE is a  well-proven program that helps our children 
deal with  the pressures of alcohol and drugs. I've personally  seen 
the superb job Chief (Stuart) Brown and Officer  (Joseph) Felicia 
have done a within our schools."

According to a press release, this year 36 million  school children 
around the world -- 26 million in the  United States -- will benefit 
from DARE, which gives  children the skills they need to avoid 
involvement in  drugs, gangs and violence. DARE was founded in 1983 
in Los Angeles.

Trinity Financial, Sports and Entertainment Management  Company, 
Millstone Township, offers a variety of  financial services and 
investments for individuals and  small to mid-sized businesses. 
Additionally, through  the assistance of co-founder and company 
consultant,  former New York Giants running back Lee Rouson, Trinity 
Financial offers specialized financial services for  professional 
athletes and entertainers.

Grandich is a member of the National Association of  Christian 
Financial Consultants, and is a long-standing  member of the New York 
Society of Security Analysts and  the Society of Quantitative Analysts.

Tickets for the benefit basketball game are $5 each and  will be 
available at the door or see your DARE officer  in school.

Manalapan has run its DARE program in local elementary  schools for 
more than a decade. To date, more than  10,000 children have received 
the DARE instruction.
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