Fighting for a cause

Hundreds of local residents attended the charity event on March 9.

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Local resident Bill McCaffrey checked out a Mariano Rivera jersey that was being auctioned at the J.A.C.K. event on March 9.

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Event organizers Matt Perlungher, left, Erika Perlungher, Kevin Glenn, Patricia Atchison, Billy Kalb and Arturo Rodriguez were all smiles at the J.A.C.K. event last week, due to the large turnout.

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Hundreds of local residents attended a charity event, "Friday Night Fights for the Kids," on March 9 at the Plattduetsche Park Restaurant in Franklin Square. Above: Costa Gemeles, left, fought Freeman Ramos in the light-heavyweight bout.

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Gemeles won the fight against Ramos.

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Pat Carroll and Jose Acosta fought in the heavy-weight exhibition bout last Friday, at the ”Friday Night Fights for the Kids” fundraiser, held by J.A.C.K.

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Costa Gemeles, left, fought Freeman Ramos in the light-heavyweight bout.

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A fundraiser, "Friday Night Fights for the Kids," was held at the Plattduetche Park Restaurant in Franklin Square on March 9 by local charity group Join A Cause for Kids, or J.A.C.K. — a group named after of Jack Perlungher, of Wantagh, who died from a rare kidney cancer in 2010 — which works to financially help local families dealing with rare diseases.

Amateur fighters from the NCPD, NYPD, PAPD and FDNY, and gyms throughout Long Island and New York City, competed. Ticket sales from the fights, as well as raffles and games, went toward the J.A.C.K. organization. Hundreds of local residents attended the event, raising thousands of dollars for the charity organization.

For more information about J.A.C.K., email Kevin Glenn at partyextra1@yahoo.com, or visit https://www.jackcharity.org.

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