The Third Annual Black History Month Concert Honors. Presented by Lee Pitts Live and The North Law Firm, P.A.
Another tremendous event, honoring Former Fort Myers Councilman Sergeant Johnny Streets Jr.
An evening filled with elegance, gratitude, and heartfelt tributes. The community gathered to celebrate a remarkable career at a grand honorary gala for its beloved retired Master Sergeant and Former City of Fort Myers Ward 2 Councilman.
The event, held at the stunning Franklin Park Elementary School right in the middle of the community.
Dinner was served while the amazing soulful sounds of The Shawn Brown Band provided soft background music during the reception.
It was a fitting tribute to a leader whose decades of service shaped both the police department and the city it protected while leaving an impressionable mark on many lives.
His dedicated service with The City of Fort Myers Police Department was known to be a stern leadership, but with integrity, and deep compassion for the community.
Sgt. Street’s tenure was marked by meaningful enhanced community policing all while setting trail blazing initiatives such as creating free school lunch programs for the students in the community as City Councilman.
Franklin Park Elementary auditorium came to life with The Who’s Who of Fort Myers. With civic leaders, longtime friends, family and grateful residents.
The voices rang proud telling heartfelt stories of moments of how Sgt Street’s touched their lives. While the most profound, empowering story coming from Sgt Street’s own daughter, Terry Baah-Acheanfour.
As the evening progressed, the crowd mingled and gathered for red carpet photos and interviews by the beautiful Tisha and Toya of What’s Going on with Tisha and Toya of Lee Pitts Live.
The lights dimmed on another elegant evening of music, laughter, lights cameras and honors, and as the Lee Pitts saying goes, “Miami has the oranges but Sgt Johnny Street has the Juice”.
A beautiful honorary gala celebrates a lifetime of service.
Thank you Sgt Street’s for your years of service and contributions to the City of Fort Myers.
And thank you Lee Pitts and The North Law Firm, P.A. for honoring us.
