Learning from our dads at Pisgah View

ASHEVILLE — Keynon Lake founded My Daddy Taught Me That in 2012 in part because of his father.
A social worker and community service navigator for Buncombe County Health and Human Services, Lake was constantly going in and out of single-parent, fatherless homes. Although he knew he would never be able to fill the gap, he could provide role models to male youth and offer them some stability. He could also honor the work of his dad.

Bennie Lake, who passed away in 2010, played ball for the Harlem Globetrotters, before spending three decades working at the Juvenile Evaluation Center in Swannanoa. He was also deeply committed to youth and sports, leading a program called The Hot Shot, a camp for the state's best basketball shooters, and founding Up Front Sports Management, a business focused on encouraging young athletes to continue their education.

He did a lot for Asheville, helping youth and families, Lake said. "He was a local hero. If you got in trouble or needed advice or guidance, you would call on him."

These days, local youth are going to his son.

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