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Participant prepares for Dean's Ride at Keel Farms.

Dean’s Ride All Set to Support Plant City YMCA

TAMPA, FL (March 6, 2024) - The 12th Annual Dean’s Ride will be held at Keel Farms in Plant City on Saturday, March 23, 2024. 7:30 AM. Over 250 bikers are expected to gather to honor Dean Snyder, a well-known Plant City community leader and YMCA supporter who started the event. He passed away due to cancer in 2013.
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Founded in 1889, the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA is a cause-driven 4-star charity, strengthening our Hillsborough and East Pasco communities for 135 years through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Across the organization, 16 facilities and numerous program sites engage 280,000+ men, women and children — regardless of age, income or background — to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve our community’s health and well-being, and provide opportunities to give back and support our neighbors. The Tampa Y has a long-standing local presence empowering kids and families to live their healthiest and most fulfilled lives.