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40th Palm Beach International Boat Show

Report and Photos by Penny Sheltz

The 40th annual Palm Beach International Boat Show Off The Hook is on the 500 list of America’s Fastest wholesaler in the USA and used boat buyer including used
was enjoyed by thousands on a beautiful March weekend! Growing Companies for two consecutive years, and is boat sales, brokerage, marketing, and service that keeps clients
Owned by the Marine Industries Association of Palm consistently ranked as a top 100 dealer in the USA by Boating coming back time and again. The local office is located at
Beach County and produced by Informa Markets, the Palm Industry and No. 1 for the last four years. It is the largest 18487 S.E. Federal Highway, Jupiter. Phone: (910) 239-9344
Beach International Boat Show was held along Flagler
Drive in downtown West Palm Beach, directly across the
Intracoastal Waterway from Palm Beach Island.
The most fun yacht representatives were from Off The
Hook which now has over $100MM in boats and yachts
across the world annually, in eight locations.

Off The Hook Kent staff

Imagine a yacht with a helicopter pad.

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Rep. Frankel Announces $998,900

In Federal Funding To The Lord’s Place

Rep. Lois Frankel (FL-21), a member of the House
Appropriations Committee, visited The Lord’s Place on
Wednesday, March 23, to announce $998,900 in new funding
included in the Federal Fiscal Year 2022 spending bill, which
Congress passed this month and then was signed by President
Joe Biden. Congresswoman Frankel made the announcement
in the presence of The Lord’s Place executive leadership
team, program directors, board members, and clients who will
directly benefit from the federal funding.
The Lord’s Place is a nonsectarian, social impact
organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness
by providing innovative, compassionate and effective services
to men, women, and children in the Palm Beach County
community. The agency requested funding to renovate
elements of its Family Campus, recently named the Jack
and Evelyn Alexander Place, which consists of apartments, a
community center, and a youth center that is called home by The Lord’s Place CEO Diana Stanley gives remarks after Rep. Frankel announced new funding for the social impact agency
which works to end homelessness in Palm Beach County.

37 families – including 75 children and a total of 120 people Catering, and Joshua Treasures; provides job training and
at any given time. Since 1983, The Lord’s Place has assisted placement services, clinical and care coordination, and
thousands of families experiencing homelessness, a challenge community engagement services; and has a highly-successful
that has only grown due to the impact of the pandemic. reentry program helping men and women transitioning from
“The Family Campus has been a staple of housing for incarceration. For more information visit thelordsplace.org.
families experiencing homelessness, and, unfortunately, we
just never had the money to update it and to renovate it and do
the things we need to do to bring it up to speed. This money
is earmarked for that. We are just thrilled for our families and
so, so grateful for this gift,” stated Chief Executive Officer
Diana Stanley after the announcement.
This funding for The Lord’s Place was secured as one of
Singer Island Liquor Booth nine projects Rep. Frankel championed to directly benefit Palm
(561) 842-4318 Beach County residents through her Community Project Funding
requests for the FY 2022 spending bill. Read more about the
other eight at this website: https://frankel.house.gov/news/.
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About The Lord’s Place
We are located directly on singer island! For more than 40 years, The Lord’s Place has been
working to break the cycle of homelessness for men, women,
1241 Blue Heron Blvd. and children in Palm Beach County, Fla., through innovative,
riviera Beach compassionate and effective services. It provides supportive
Ask About Delivery and graduate housing at 10 locations; operates social Congresswoman Louis Frankel announces $998,900 in new
enterprises including three Joshua Thrift Stores, Joshua funding for The Lord’s Place.