TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Sandra Dean as the 21st Lightning Community Hero of the 2015-16 season during the first period of tonight’s game versus the Pittsburgh Penguins. Dean, who received a $50,000 donation from the Lightning Foundation and the Lightning Community Heroes program, will donate the money to the Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church.
Dean has lived in North Boulevard Homes, Tampa’s oldest housing project, for the past 22 years. The community has housed many low income families for many years. In collaboration with Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church, they created FED (Feeding Every Disciple), a program that donates and distributes cereal boxes and other non-perishable items to children in the area.