In St. Petersburg, Academy Prep Center’s Evening of Dreams inspired attendees

Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg’s Evening of Dreams was an inspiring event at The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art in St. Petersburg Feb. 10. The fundraiser benefited the school’s student scholarship program. Among the attendees were staff and faculty, former students with heartening success stories and people who volunteer for the school. One such volunteer, Sally Stovall Willis, was honored with the Jeffrey L. Fortune Dream Maker Award. Willis started volunteering at the school in 2015, with a specific request to work with eighth-grade boys. She joined the board of trustees in 2016 and is head of the academic committee. The event was emceed by Mark Wilson, news anchor at WTVT-Ch. 13.