Hoops for Hope at Hewlett High School aids SIBSPlace

Posted Thursday, January 31, 2019 1:39 pm

Through its Hoops for Hope game on Feb. 9, the Hewlett High School varsity basketball teams aims to raise $15,000 for its programs and SIBSPlace. At the 2017 game, SIBSPlace founder Michael Schamroth, left, Peninsula Kiwanis member Chris McGrath and Hewlett boys’ basketball coach Bill Dubin.

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By Jeff Bessen

The 15th annual Hoops for Hope game is on Friday, Feb. 8 as the Hewlett High boys varsity basketball team plays Division High. All T-shirt proceeds benefit SIBSPlace and the boys’ hoops program. The goal is to raise $15,000.

Hewlett-based SIBSPlace, is a free program of South Nassau Communities Hospital that offers support for kids 5-17 who have a sibling or a parent suffering from cancer or another devastating illness.

There will be several hundred journals for the game with pictures, schedules, photos and team statistics. Journal ad sizes and T-shirt ads range from a quarter-page at $75 to $900 for T-shirt and journal back cover or the inside front cover. Contact wdubin@hewlett-woodmere.net. Checks — Hewlett Basketball Parents Association or SIBSPlace and mail to Bill Dubin, Hewlett High School, 60 Everit Ave., Hewlett, NY 11557.

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