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Coach Ken Carter to keynote Families First fundraiser
Author and mentor Ken Carter will be the keynote speaker at Families First's 14th Annual Dining for a Difference fundraiser Wednesday at the Loews Atlanta hotel .
Coach Carter, whose life was told in a 2005 film, will share his story as a face of fatherhood for young athletes he coached in Richmond, Calif.
The event, which is sold out, will also honor father figures who have played a unique role in the lives of youth.
The men being recognized are Manny Nuñez, who is part of the nonprofit's "Make it Click" positive youth development mentoring program; and Grady Jenkins, a former Families First staffer who remains a father figure to many young men who were in organization's foster care group homes.
Last year, the event raised $365,000.
