I’m setting aside Writer Wednesday and the usual blog post to borrow this space and give some information on an upcoming event.

Hoops 4 Dana is a 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament celebrating the life of Dana Sassano, a senior at Clarkstown North who we lost this past December in a horrible car accident.

The Tournament is Sunday, March 27th in the gym at Clarkstown High School North. All proceeds to go to the Friends of Dana Foundation, which will support a scholarship in her name, as well as to continue Dana’s mission of helping people in need.

Teams can have 3-4 members and there will be a running time of 5 minutes per game. It is double elimination, so everyone is guaranteed at least 2 games.

We will hold different sessions for different age groups during the day:

3rd grade- 5th grade: 10:30am-1pm

6th grade- 8th grade: 1:30pm-4:30pm

9th grade-12th grade: 5:00pm-8:00pm

Cost: $20 donation per player includes t-shirt and water

Pre-registration is required. There will be tables at North and possibly at Felix Festa (we’re looking into this). You can register by mail by sending a check, along with the players’ names, address, contact phone # and e-mail address.

For more information or to become a corporate sponsor, please e-mail me at [email protected]

To RSVP on the Facebook page and to help us spread the word, go here. (this does not count as a pre-registration, though. We must have payment for you to be considered registered).

The event is sponsored by Clarkstown North’s Interact Club (Jodi Gottlieb, Lissie Maurer, co-presidents and Jenna Heim, committee member) and Josh Maurer and Danny Heim.

Thanks to the Clarkstown School District and the Town of Clarkstown for all of their help on this event.

Hope to see you there!

Dana Sassano

Mirrored from Shari Maurer.