Mark "Chip" VanDeVelde, vp at Crave Ent., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. VanDeVelde was part of the SVG Distribution / Crave Ent. since 1998.

Before coming to Crave, VanDeVelde served as the national sales manager for Konami.

Visitation will be held at the McDonald-Allen-Grennan Funeral Home on Thursday, Feb. 23 from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm and the funeral service will be held on Friday, Feb. 24, at 10:00 am at St. Mary's Catholic Church.

SVG Distribution / Crave Ent. will be starting a scholarship fund for VanDeVelde’s 11-year-old daughter Callahan. Donations via check to the fund should made out to Crave Ent.Group, Inc. FBO Callahan N. VanDeVelde

Mail check to:
Crave Ent. 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.

Based in Newport Beach, California, Crave Ent. is a subsidiary of Handleman Corp. Crave, a publisher of videogame entertainment products creates games for the major console platforms including PSP (PlayStation Portable) system, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and the Xbox. For more information, visit www.cravegames.com.