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PHOTO GALLERY: Ty Pennington at Shamrock Pub


  • By Nick Friedman
  • | 11:02 a.m. March 13, 2015
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Shamrock Pub was packed last night for the Young Philanthropists' celebrity bartending event, featuring "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" star Ty Pennington and Les McCurdy, of McCurdy's Comedy Theatre.

The two men joined fellow guest bartenders from Young Philanthropists behind the bar to serve up beer to raise money to fund college scholarships for the Sarasota YMCA Y-Achievers and allow Triad Alternative School students to attend a lab class at Mote Marine.

Ana Baishanski and Jessica Wright
Ana Baishanski and Jessica Wright
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Derek Anderson and Ty Pennington
Derek Anderson and Ty Pennington
Doug Grosso, Courtney Smith and Samantha Watkinson
Doug Grosso, Courtney Smith and Samantha Watkinson
Lauren Groves and David Addis
Lauren Groves and David Addis
Les McCurdy
Les McCurdy
Rebecca Biedenbender and Maria Lewis
Rebecca Biedenbender and Maria Lewis
Richard Scire, Heather Shafer and Michael Scire
Richard Scire, Heather Shafer and Michael Scire
Shamrock
Shamrock
Shamrock
Shamrock
Ty Pennington
Ty Pennington
Ty Pennington and Annie Stone
Ty Pennington and Annie Stone
Ty Pennington and Les McCurdy
Ty Pennington and Les McCurdy
Ty Pennington, Annie Stone, Les McCurdy and Danielle White
Ty Pennington, Annie Stone, Les McCurdy and Danielle White
Ty Pennington
Ty Pennington
Ty Pennington, Annie Stone, Les McCurdy and Danielle White
Ty Pennington, Annie Stone, Les McCurdy and Danielle White

 

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