Silent Auction Benefits Ringside Rescue

OCEAN TOWNSHIP – ICAT Academy of Boxing, Fitness and Martial Arts, located at 1304 Brielle Ave., will host its first-ever silent auction to benefit Ringside Rescue, a nonprofit organization that gets at-risk kids off the streets and into the gym.

Natale Promotions, LLC will conduct the auction of sports and celebrity memorabilia from Monday, Jan. 30 to Friday, Feb. 3. Some of the items are from NY Giant Super Bowl champions David Tyree and Brandon Jacobs; former boxing heavy weight champion Joe Frazier; PGA legend Arnold Palmer and NBA superstar Dennis Rodman. There also will be a movie poster signed by the cast of “The Sopranos.”

Bidders can come to the gym 9 a.m. to noon and 4 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 to 11 a.m. Friday. The auction will close at 11 a.m. Feb. 3.

Winners need not be present to win. All items can be shipped.

Ringside Rescue is a nonprofit group founded by the gym’s owner, Victory Lashley, to provide free boxing lessons to at-risk teenagers and young adults from the Shore area. The program, called No Guns, Just Gloves, offers these kids a safe environment where they can learn self-defense and self-discipline.