All Stars Project INC.

The All Stars Project, Inc. (ASP) hosted its Tenth Annual Benefit Luncheon to support its afterschool leadership training program, the Joseph A. Forgione Development School for Youth, on Friday, December 2, at the New York Hilton. Bill Weir, ABC News "Nightline" co-anchor hosted the event.

The benefit raised $450,000 for the Development School

for Youth and was attended by 250 executives from corporations and financial firms across the New York region, including Barclays Capital, CBRE, DirecTV, Ernst & Young, JPMorgan, Latham & Watkins and MetLife,. Over 80 companies support the ASPs Development School for Youth and have provided hundreds of paid summer internships to the young people.

The luncheon honored FTI Consulting and Edward Reilly, Global CEO - Strategic Communications. While accepting his award, Mr. Reilly expressed his appreciation and addressed the young people with an important message. "So what I would like for all of you to know, because I know from all of the business people that are here who have given up their time, is I'd like you to know that we are interested in you, we are very interested in your development and if you call on us, I know that every person in this room will answer that call."

At the event, the All Stars Project saluted its partnership with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in Operation Conversation: Cops and Kids, which uses performance and improvisation to foster positive relationships between police officers and inner-city youth. After the success of 50 pilot workshop sessions involving over 500 police officers and 750 young people, Operation Conversation: Cops and Kids is now a program that has been used throughout NYC. Chief Philip Banks of the NYPD's Community Affairs Department was a special guest speaker at the All Stars benefit luncheon and stated, "The training that Operation Conversation: Cops and Kids is providing to police officers is invaluable... it's simple, it works, and it's effective."