{"id":525954,"date":"2026-03-27T16:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/525954\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:05:25","slug":"tampa-bay-lightning-community-hero-mary-lifland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/525954\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Lightning Community Hero: Mary Lifland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 At every home game, the Tampa Bay Lightning honor a local person or nonprofit working to make an impact in our community.<\/p>\n<p>During the game on March 26, the Lightning celebrated Pride night and the energy surrounding the community hero was electric.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: Tampa Bay Lightning Community Hero: Mary Lifland<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning Community Hero: Mary Lifland<\/p>\n<p>For members of the pride community, finding access to healthcare without stigma can be challenging. But that\u2019s where Mary Lifland comes in.<\/p>\n<p>Through the nonprofit <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cancommunityhealth.org\/tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CAN Community Health<\/a>, Lifland is breaking down barriers in health services and providing quality health care with dignity. Last year alone, nearly 25,000 people received care thanks to Lifland and CAN Community Health.<\/p>\n<p>The Lightning awarded her a $50,000 grant to make sure the nonprofit can continue its mission. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Share Your Story with Deiah<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DeiahRiley.png\"\/><br \/>Anchor Deiah Riley has called Tampa Bay home for more than 15 years. As a mother of two, she knows the importance of a good education and finding affordable things for families to do. Reach out to Deiah with any education related stories or activities you think she needs to know about.<br \/>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KATIE.LAGRONE.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida lawmakers stall bill to fix \u2018confusing\u2019 school speed zone camera law as driver frustration mounts<\/p>\n<p>A proposed bill to require flashing lights in school speed zones with cameras failed to pass, leaving drivers to deal with \u2018confusing\u2019 signs.<\/p>\n<p>Fla. lawmakers stall bill to fix \u2018confusing\u2019 school speed zone camera law as driver frustration mounts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 At every home game, the Tampa Bay Lightning honor a local person or nonprofit working&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5105],"tags":[37907,5,189,4,12817,28614,540,32946,92,5168,5167,7139],"class_list":["post-525954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-community-hero","tag-hockey","tag-lightning","tag-nhl","tag-nonprofit","tag-pride-night","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-tampabay","tag-tampabaylightning","tag-wfts"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116301997104400473","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}