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including awarding over
3,700 infant swimming
r e s o u r c e (ISR) self-
rescue swim scholarships
nationwide. In 2020 LLJ
built an indoor pool solely
dedicated for year-round
ISR self-rescue lessons and
to date more than 1,000
children have completed
t he progra m . T he Winners take the stand during
foundation has provided the 10th Annual Live Like
thousands of dollars to Jake 5K. 1,200 runners take off during the 10th Annual Live Like Jake 5K.
assist families impacted by
non-fatal drownings with
critical care medical needs Live Like Jake Cofounder
as well as provided 13 ISR Keri Morrison greets two
instructor training grants young supporters.
around the nation.
“We are so touched at
the number of runners and
supporters who turned out
today,” said Live Like Jake
Cofounder Keri Morrison.
“Since losing our son Jake,
it has been our goal that
not one more family has to Live Like Jake 10th Annual
go through the devastation 5K medals Largest school group, Independence Middle School runners
caused by drowning. We have
been able to save countless
lives these past ten years, and
we will keep going with our
mission to prevent the No.
1 cause of death in young
children thanks to everyone’s Luminosa Gilmore, Tara and
continuous generosity and Chris Boyd
support.”
The day included a pre-race warm-up provided by
HEW Fitness, coffee donated from Crux, energy-packed
snacks from Trader Joe’s and Bolay, the national anthem
sung by Zac Ashberg and an opening welcome from Live
Like Jake founders Keri and Roarke Morrison before the Walkers along the 5K path
7:30 a.m. runners’ start. Following the race, participants Runners, walkers and supporters enjoyed pre and post
refreshed with hydration stations, played in the Kids Zone activities.
and enjoyed music from Supreme Events. Emceed by
Jay Zeager, the awards ceremony began with Morrisons
reading of the names of children who lost their lives from
drowning followed by special medal presentations to race
category winners and raffle prize drawings.
Top race winner in the men’s division was MacKenzie
Mettille of Vail, Colo. His fiancée Courtney Clark won
for the top female division.
The largest gym team award went to HEW Boynton
Beach, the largest student race team went to Independence
Middle School and the largest race team overall went to
Guardian Angel Inspections.
The 10th Annual Live Like Jake 5K awards table including Roark, Josie, Keri and Julia Morrison, Gary Barnett and
Editorial copy appearing herewith is not necessarily the viewpoint of water bottles for the winners Jay Zeager
Seabreeze Publications of Central Florida. Most editorial copy is created by
the homeowners and is edited by their appointed editor. The landmark day also included a special Hero Award Committed to honoring the life and joy of Jake Roarke
presentation to young mother Jermaya Adams, who Morrison, our foundation’s mission is to raise awareness
quickly went to her neighbor’s aid and performed CPR on for drowning prevention. We achieve this by providing
a boy who had fallen into a pond and was unresponsive. ISR self-rescue swim lesson scholarships to those who
Thanks to her actions, the child’s life was saved. cannot afford them and also by providing financial
Following the awards ceremony, Morrison shared assistance to those families who have lost a child or have
upcoming events, including the summer-long Watermelons a child with critical care needs. For more information, visit
Seabreeze Publications for Water Safety event, and also announced the organization’s livelikejake.org and follow facebook.com/livelikejake and
@livelikejake3939 on Instagram.
newest program, the Live Like Jake Surf Society.
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