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TequesTa Profile

Ninth Annual Live Like Jake 5K Raises Over $100,000 For

Drowning Prevention During National Water Safety Month

Over 1,100 runners helped The Live Like
Jake Foundation, a local nonprofit created in
memory of Jake Roarke Morrison, raise over
$100,000 during the Ninth Annual Live Like
Jake 5K on April 29 in downtown Abacoa.
The huge crowd of participants, which
included families who have lost a child
from drowning, Infant Self Rescue (ISR)
instructors, school groups and sponsors were
excited to return once more to the downtown
Abacoa bandshell in support of Palm Beach
County’s 2023-voted No. 1 nonprofit. Runners
and their families helped the local nonprofit
raise funds that will go directly to supporting Children have fun with bubbles in the Kids’
children and their families whose lives have Zone at the Ninth Annual Live Like Jake 5K.
been impacted by drowning incidents, as well
as to provide scholarships for self-rescue swim lessons for families in need. Runners line up for the start of the Live Like Jake Annual 5K (courtesy Elizabeth Dashiell).

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Bachelor Auction For Blood

Cancer Is A HUGE Success Bright Colors And Bold

The 12th Annual Bachelor Prints Took Center Stage At
Auction for Blood Cancer
hosted by Valerie Fiordilino The Arc’s WILD Pants Party
Maslow held on April 20 at
Joscō Garden in Tequesta
brought in one of its most Bigger than life
successful nights ever! This personalities hit the runway
year’s event raised nearly and struck a pose in their most
$200,000 to benefit The WILD pants. On Friday, April
Leukemia and Lymphoma 28, The Arc of Palm Beach
Society in memory of Valerie’s County hosted their annual
father, Leo who passed WILD Pants “fun-raiser”
away in 2009 from a battle at Loggerhead Marinelife
with chronic lymphocytic Center to raise money for
D.J. Adam Lipson, Virginia Sinicki, Tyler Cameron, Valerie children and adults with
Charity Event on page 4 Fiordilino Maslow, Josh Cohen developmental disabilities.
“We put the party
in fundraising, and it’s
heartwarming to see the
o v e rwh e l m i n g su p p o r t
and wild fashion from the
community,” said Kimberly
McCarten, president and CEO
of The Arc of Palm Beach
Aaron Menitoff, Ryan Beckett, Julie Menitoff with Leo
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