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Geetha Kamath honored as Lightning Community Hero

TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Geetha Kamath as the 14th Lightning Community Hero of the 2015-16 season during the first period of tonight’s game versus the Washington Capitals. Kamath, who received a $50,000 donation from the Lightning Foundation and the Lightning Community Heroes program, will donate the money to St. Petersburg Free Clinic.

Dr. Kamath has devoted 35 years of service to the Tampa Bay community by providing medical assistance to an estimated 500,000 individuals. Her first camp began in 2004 at the Salvation Army and now performs camps at St. Petersburg Free Clinic which provides primary health care services for low-income adults aged 18-64 without private insurance, V.