By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor
The Youth Alliance hosted the Jeans and Jacket Gala at the Strawberry Festival Expo Hall Oct. 27.
The event featured a buffet dinner, live auction and the 2012 Mike Storter award presentation to Tommy Warnock, who has been a staff member for Plant City’s First Baptist Church since 1984 and served as an associate pastor since 2005.
The event also included special guests, including former Harlem Globetrotter Seth Franco, former Tampa Bay Lightning player Jassen Cullimore, radio personality Mark Cook, inspirational speakers Reggie Dabbs and Chris Hollyfield and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers Anthony McFarland, Earnest Graham and Tony Mayberry.
The Youth Alliance is an organization that works with students across the country to provide the necessary tools and encouragement needed to achieve their full potential.