TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Gayle Sierens as the 45th Lightning Community Hero of the season during the first period of tonight’s Game 7 against the Detroit Red Wings. Sierens, who received a $50,000 donation from the Lightning Foundation and the Lightning Community Heroes program, will donate the money to The Judeo Christian Health Clinic and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
For nearly four decades, Sierens has been keeping the Tampa Bay community informed as a news anchor on WFLA News Channel 8. She began as a sports reporter in 1977 and grew in to her current role in 1985.