Partnering with two hip hop artists, Abbatiello started an amateur basketball league in the neighborhood. In early '83 an Easter party with gifts and food was thrown by Disco Fever for about 250 neighborhood children, with free admission. The nightclub organized transportation to local prisons so that people in the community could visit prisoners who were family members.
The passage describes Abbatiello's efforts to engage the community through basketball and Disco Fever's initiatives to support families affected by incarceration.