Page 2 - Jupiter Ocean Mile - December '22

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A Night To Remember from page 1 PNC Bank, Florida Power & Light, Intrepid Oceans critical dental care program, which provides care to
Marine, LLC, House of David, LLC, and Lt. General veterans who do not qualify for V.A. dental coverage.
declaring Nov. 5 as Wounded Veterans Relief Fund Day. The (Ret.) Robert and Vicki Chelberg. Veterans can receive assistance with dental infections,
United States Marine Corps Color Guard and Palm Beach Pipes The gala benefits WVRF and its mission to provide pain management, fillings, dentures, and implants that will
and Drums also took center stage. emergency financial support to qualified disabled veterans improve their chances of employment and overall health.
Kate Arrizza, CEO of the Cox Science Center and living in Florida. Part of the proceeds support WVRF’s To learn more about WVRF, visit wvrf.org.
Kimberly Reckley, senior vice president, client and
community director with PNC Bank, cochaired the gala.
WPTV’s Shannon Cake and Brian Edwards of The United
Way, Palm Beach County, served as emcees. Sponsors of
the evening included the Stiles-Nicholson Foundation,

Fifth Annual Live Like Jake from page 1 Sponsors – Goldie and Earl Stewart Toyota. Volunteers: for drowning prevention. We achieve this by providing
CouTOUre Club. ISR infant self-rescue swim lesson scholarships to those
For information about future events, scholarships, or who cannot afford them and also by providing financial
the foundation, please visit www.livelikejake.com or call assistance to those families who have lost a child or have
(561) 441-7611. a child with critical care needs. Visit livelikejake.com
About The Live Like Jake Foundation and facebook.com/livelikejake and @livelikejake3939
Committed to honoring the life and joy of Jake Roarke on Instagram.
Morrison, our foundation’s mission is to raise awareness Photos by Jenn Scott Photography

Steve Austin, Shakerah Rolle, Brianna Steel

Life Saver Pool Fence president Eric Lupton awarded Eric Lupton and Paul DeMello Francisco Manrique and Allyson Sullivan Keri and Roarke Morrison
their annual Life Saver Award to Paul DeMello, who founded
J.A.C.D. (Just Against Children Drowning) which donates
Life Saver Pool Fence Systems to families. He founded
J.A.C.D. in honor of Joshua and Christian DeMello, his twins
who tragically drowned at 13 months old.
Keynote speaker for the evening, Paul Lagergren,
Jr., shared his personal experience with Live Like Jake
following the nonfatal drowning accident of his 18-month-
old daughter, Penelope. Lagergren recounted how, while
struggling to pay the medical bills required to keep Penelope
alive, Live Like Jake reached out offering help. Eric Lupton and Diana Davis Lee Petereit and Andrea Fogarty John D’Auria and Janis Evans
“For every child who drowns, there are nearly three
times as many who survive, but suffer serious injuries as a
result,” says Morrison. “Live Like Jake is there to support
those families as well, which makes every dollar raised
critical for those families in need on a daily basis.”
Additional funds were raised during the event’s
exclusive diamond fundraiser. Guests purchased glasses
of champagne with the chance of winning an authentic,
brilliant round diamond worth $10,000 (including setting
and chain), courtesy of IberJoya Diamonds and The Owen
Group. Lucky guest Allyson Sullivan was the proud winner
of the night who later took to the floor to join the dance
party under the “moon and stars.”
The Fifth Annual Be the Light Gala was made possible
thanks to the support of numerous sponsors including: Star
Light Sponsor – Infant Swimming Resource; Ray of Light
Sponsors – The Atkins Family; Bar Sponsor – Pandora’s at
The Gardens Mall; Bidder Paddle Sponsor – API; Shining
Light Sponsors – Atlantis Carwash and The River Kelly
Fund; Full of Light Sponsors – A&S Electric, Allyson
Sullivan with Lang Realty, Nanny, Hypoluxo Car Wash,
Ellevest, Carrie Combs with Edward Jones, and Pediatric
Partners; Valet Sponsor – Illustrated Properties Charities;
Tote Sponsor – Life Saver Pool Fence; and Twilight

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