Jane Lynch of “Glee” Coming to Tampa Area

Posted Apr 26, 2011 by Walt Belcher

Updated Apr 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM

“Glee” co-star Jane Lynch, a former Sarasota resident, is helping raise money for a Palmetto High School rowing team.
 
  She plays the tough, self-center cheerleader coach Sue Sylvester on TV but Lynch has a soft heart when it comes to helping o the Palmetto High School Rowing Club.

In addition to donating $15,000 of her own money, the Golden Globe winner is coming to Parrish in May for a fund raiser.  She will be honored at a brunch on Saturday, May 14, held at the River Wilderness Clubhouse off Fort Hamer Road in Parrish. Tickets cost $50, with all proceeds going toward the purchase of boats, oars and rowing machines for the team.

Lynch’s wife , Lara Embry, is a former employee at Carter Psychology Center in Bradenton, and former rowing partner of Palmetto coach Trish Jackson.

  Embry , a former medal-winning member of a rowing team, has said she wants to help the rowing club.

The $50 brunch ticket will also include one of 2,000 numbered golf balls that are to be dropped from a helicopter on the River Wilderness golf course. A grand prize of $25,000 will be awarded to the ticketholder whose ball lands closest to the designated pin. Second- and third-place prizes of $5,000 and $1,000, respectively, will also be presented.

There will also be a silent auction featuring signed memorabilia from Glee cast members at the brunch, which starts at 9 a.m. The ball drop will occur at 10 a.m.

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