Crave Entertainment Vice President Passes Away
Posted on February 21st, 2006 by Frank Cifaldi 
Just got this on the wire from Crave’s PR guy, Michael Meyers. I found it oddly relevant and thought I’d pass it along:
Dear Industry Member,
We are saddened to report to you that Mark “Chip” VanDeVelde, a vice president with our company, passed away on Saturday, February 18th, 2006. Many of you may have known Chip, who was a long time industry veteran. Chip was part of the SVG Distribution / Crave Entertainment family since 1998 and was the national sales manager for Konami before joining our company.
Visitation will be held at the McDonald-Allen-Grennan Funeral Home on Thursday, February 23rd from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and the Funeral service will be held on Friday, February 24th - 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
SVG Distribution / Crave Entertainment will be starting a scholarship fund for Chip’s daughter Callahan who is 11 years old. We would appreciate it if you could post the following notice about this scholarship fund in the news section of your website and pass the information to your friends and colleagues. Here is the information regarding the fund:
If by check make check payable to:
Crave Entertainment Group, Inc. FBO Callahan N. VanDeVelde
Please mail check to:
Crave Entertainment Group, Inc.
Attn: Lynda Broderick
4 San Joaquin Plaza Drive, Suite 200
Newport Beach California 92660
If by wire please send to:
Crave Entertainment Group, Inc.
For the benefit of (FBO): Callahan N. VanDeVelde
ABA # 121100782
Account number: 751-000373
Bank of the West
300 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071.
The VanDeVelde family requests that donations be made to the scholarship fund in lieu of sending flowers.
I’d like to make a joke about Crave’s The Bible Game, but that would be tasteless of me.
