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On the Scene: 2023 Children’s Dream Fund Dreammaker Luncheon (PHOTOS)

| Jo-Lynn Brown

Almost 400 guests gathered at Armature Works, in Tampa, to honor the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Lightning Foundation as the Children’s Dream Fund Dreammaker of the Year. 

This annual event honors an individual, or group, for their contribution to the Children’s Dream Fund and to the Tampa Bay community.

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