Tony Dungy says hello to Barry Sanders on the field before the Detroit Lions take on the Los Angeles Rams at Ford Field in Detroit on Sept. 8, 2024. Dungy will be honored at the UNCF event.
TAMPA — The 2nd Annual UNCF Tampa Mayor’s Masked Ball is set for 6:00 p.m., Saturday, March. 29, 2025,at the Grand Hyatt, 2900 Bayport Dr., Tampa.
The event honorees include, NFL Hall of Fame coach and player Tony Dungy, and Will Packer, founder and CEO of Will Packer Productions and Will Packer Media and magna cum laude graduate of Florida A&M University (FAMU). The event will also feature a Parade of Mask presentation. Proceeds will benefit talented and deserving students across Tampa, the state of Florida, and throughout the United States who lack the financial support to get to and through college.
More than 300 civic and business leaders, education professionals and guests from across Tampa are expected to attend.
Current sponsors of the 2nd Annual UNCF Tampa Mayor’s Masked Ball are AT&T, Wells Fargo and Publix Super Market Charities and many more sponsors.
“As America deals with a very unprecedented time in our history, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) continue to show their value to the nation’s economic growth. HBCUs are major engines of Black social and economic mobility and the prosperity of state and local communities. Yet, they remain systemically underfunded, and their students must fight to gain access to the same bene- fits that others take for granted,” said Dr. Michael L. Lomax, president and CEO, UNCF. “Your support is needed more than ever, especially considering historic inflation—more talented, deserving students than ever have financial burdens which can prevent them from getting to and through college. I encourage you to invest in UNCF so together we can empower our next gen- eration who will lead this nation and contribute to our economy.
Events like the UNCF Tampa Bay Mayor’s Masked Ball help us all succeed.”
To learn more, to donate or to register for the event, please visit www.UNCF.org/tampammb.
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