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On the Scene: AdventHealth’s Starlight Gala 2024 (PHOTOS)

October 23, 2024 | Jo-Lynn Brown

AdventHealth Foundation West Florida held its annual Starlight Gala at the J.W. Marriott Tampa Water Street. During the event, the foundation announced Darcie Glazer Kassewitz, owner and co-chairman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Foundation and president of the Glazer Vision Foundation, as chair of the 2025 AdventHealth West Florida Starlight Gala.

The Glazer family announced that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made a $3 million donation that will help fund health care access and quality of care, clinical services, research and innovation projects at AdventHealth Tampa.

The event’s proceeds will be dedicated to supporting essential services such as OB-GYN, pediatric surgery, labor and delivery and maternal-fetal medicine.

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