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Unity Games are preparing to celebrate 10th birthday on StatenIslandPublished: Friday, January 28, 2011, 1:25 PMBy Jerry LeeSUNNYSIDE - Many traditions have fadedfrom the Staten Island sports scene in thepast few decades, but fortunately forhundreds of youngsters, another hasstarted and continues to pick up steam.The weekend of March 19-20, the 10thannual Unity Games will be held at MichaelJ. Petrides Educational Complex inSunnyside.Staten Island Advance photo by HiltonFlores Almost 300 seventh- and eighth-gradersThe 10th Annual Unity Games are returning to Petrides in March.from around the Island gathered for aweekend's worth of basketball match-upsand tolerance-building workshops a yearago ... and it figures to be just as many, or more, this time around.Each year, the two-day event tries to bring together a diverse group of students from different schools andcommunities. The games promote tolerance, with the help of founders Dr. Mark Sherman and Jacob Carey, ahost of volunteers, coaches and workshop leaders."The programs have grown," said Carey, a Livingston resident and surgical technician. "We try and keepthem interesting and pertinent to the kids, bringing them together and showing them what can beaccomplished."Page 100 of 157