LAMPLighters “Light Up the Night”

LAMPLighters captured the spirit of New York’s Studio 54 at “Light Up the Night,” creating their own version of the legendary nightclub at a Studio 36 disco party to celebrate the charity’s 36 years of providing necessities — everything from hugs to homework help — to homeless and foster children sheltered at Metropolitan Ministries and Joshua House. Guest speaker Kéto Nord Hodges, once a Metropolitan Ministries client and now an active board member, vouched for the dedicated volunteers who “illuminate the path for displaced families” as he shared his success story with the 275 guests during the buffet dinner at the Shanna and Bryan Glazer Family JCC in Tampa on April 22. His message and the #NoFilter band pumped the dancing crowd to raise nearly $100,000 for the annual LAMPlighters Fund Hope appeal. — Amy Scherzer, photos courtesy of Joe Photo Tampa