Updated: Oct. 29, 2025, 2:24 p.m.|Published: Oct. 29, 2025, 2:16 p.m.RealiFran and Frank Reali (Steve White for the Staten Island Advance)Steve White

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The 15th Annual “Protecting One Young Heart at a Time” dinner in memory of Frank J. Reali III, was an evening of remembrance and a celebration of life.

The event created by Frank’s parents, Fran and Frank Reali, and formed in the aftermath of their son’s death — saw 300 guests gather iniGreci’s Staaten for the “From Our Family to Yours…Dinner Italian Style.”

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