Present Pillars in Benton Harbor has honored several men who have helped make the community a better place in the past year with its fourth annual Pillar Awards Gala, held on Saturday at the Four Winds Casino.

Present Pillars seeks to support fathers in the community, and communications coordinator Nick Gunn tells us the annual celebration featured food, music, dancing, a review of the past year, and the awards.

“ It was an amazing event,” Gunn said. “ There was well over 200 people that attended the event. It was packed.”

Gunn says the Pillar of the Year Award went to Charlie Patterson, who works at the Berrien County Health Department as a case manager for teen parents.

“ He’s an amazing person. He’s been in a community fo

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