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Live Like Jake 5K memorial to victims of drowning in whose
memory participants raced. Photo by Sivon Tal
Live Like Jake Founder and
said Live Like Jake Founder, Keri Morrison. “The foundation President, Keri Morrison with The H.E.W. Group wins “largest team” award during the Annual Live Like Jake 5K. Teams
has provided over 3,000 scholarships for ISR self-rescue daughter, Josie Morrison. wore T-shirts honoring the life of a child lost to drowning during the Live Like Jake 5K. Photo
lessons for families in need and more than 400 children have Photo by Elizabeth Dashiell by Elizabeth Dashiell
learned to self-rescue in the year and half that our pool has
been opened. I don’t want to add another name to this list, and drowning prevention. We achieve this by providing ISR infant families who have lost a child or have a child with critical care
Live Like Jake is going to continue its mission of stopping self-rescue swim lesson scholarships to those who cannot needs. Visit livelikejake.com and facebook.com/livelikejake and
childhood drowning thanks to your support.” afford them and also by providing financial assistance to those @livelikejake3939 on Instagram.
Following the 5K winners’ awards and raffle prizes,
Morrison shared the foundation’s upcoming events which
include: Watermelons for Water Safety (June 1 to Aug. 31),
Poker for Prevention at the Kennel Club on June 5, and the
Oct. 8 Gala at Lady Jean Ranch in Jupiter Farms.
More than 50 sponsors joined the support of the 5K this year,
including Life Saver Sponsors euro-wall and ISR instructors
from around the nation, and Platinum Sponsors Lifesaver Pool
Fence and Pandora at the Gardens Mall. For information about
future events, scholarships, or the foundation, please visit
www.livelikejake.com or call (561) 441-7611.
About The Live Like Jake Foundation
Committed to honoring the life and joy of Jake Roarke
Morrison, our foundation’s mission is to raise awareness for

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The 2022 charity distribution, which is taking place
during Honda Classic Cares Week, June 6 to 10, includes
55 individual grants and will impact the lives of more than
100,000 children in the local community.
“We are so appreciative of the support of all of our
tournament sponsors and fans and proud that we are able to
continue moving the needle upward for the benefit of our
philanthropic partners,” Honda Classic Executive Director
Andrew George said. “Honda Classic Cares Week is such a
motivating time for our team as we celebrate the collective
impact being made. All Natural Pain Medicine
“While the tournament strives to provide Palm Beach
County, the Treasure Coast and the entire South Florida area Ask Us!!!
with a premier professional sporting event, the ultimate goal
is to improve the lives of youth in need and to create a brighter
future for our community.”
The Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation
(NCHCF) is receiving an unprecedented grant of $2 million,
the seventh consecutive year that the foundation is receiving
a grant higher than $1 million. More than $12 million has • Compounded Medications
been donated to the NCHCF since its inception.
The tournament’s annual Celebration of Philanthropy was made for you and your pets!
held June 9 at Loggerhead Marinelife Center with a drawing
taking place among 33 finalists in the Birdies for Children • Compression Hosiery
program for a brand-new Honda Insight.
Fans donate each year for the chance to guess the number • Wheelchairs, Walkers, Canes
of birdies in the tournament. The 33 finalists each correctly
guessed the total of 1,262 birdies recorded at the 2020 Honda
Classic. The program raised nearly $3 million this year. TequesTa Drugs anD
The growth of the Honda Classic’s charitable donations
is a testament to American Honda’s 42 years as the
longest-standing title sponsor on the PGA TOUR as well
as partnerships with PGA National Resort & Spa, PGA CompounDing
of America, Palm Beach County, the City of Palm Beach
Gardens and the PGA TOUR along with the support from
founders club sponsor Tire Kingdom, and more than 200
other community-minded local sponsors. The Pharmacy With A
The growth of this year’s Honda Class Cares grant
allocations was fueled by expanded sponsor, spectator and
charity participation at the 2022 tournament where Sepp
Straka birdied three of the final five holes to defeat Shane
Lowry by a stroke. The tournament introduced double-decker
seating at the 17th hole for the first time, a concept that will
expand when the 2023 Honda Classic is played Feb. 20 to See answer in this paper.
26, 2023 at PGA National Resort & Spa.