VOL. 28 NO. 12
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DECEMBER 2025
Tequesta Profile
Back And Brighter Than Ever: Palm Beach Holiday Boat Parade Returns! The parade supports Toys for Tots and Little Smiles through toy donations at designated locations on land and along the parade route. The 31st Annual Palm Beach Holiday Boat Parade was an unforgettable night of festive cheer and dazzling boats! Presented by the Marine Industries Association of Palm Beach C o u n t y ( M I A P B C ) a n d Nauti Kitti – Ghostbusters-themed boat (Photo by Leonard Lessing’s Hospitality Group, Bryant Photography)
this holiday tradition set sail on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. As many as 80 boats lit up the Intracoastal Waterway from North Palm Beach to the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. Returning radio favorites, Mo and Sally from KOOL 105.5, served as the Grand Marshals, with a special guest appearance by Santa Claus. The parade was led by a traveling Zambelli Tequesta Profile on page 6
Panoramic boat parade scene (Photo courtesy of MIAPBC)
Tequesta Spotlight
In Your Community
Jupiter Law Center’s 20th Annual Fundraiser Benefiting The Aicardi Syndrome Foundation Roars!
Palm Beach Rowing Association Unveils $1.3 Million Fred Emerson Boathouse
Jupiter Law Center hosted its 20th Annual Costume Party to benefit the Aicardi Syndrome Foundation, a 501(c)(3) volunteer-based nonprofit organization dedicated to funding research and family conferences to raise awareness of Aicardi Syndrome and improve the lives of Aicardi children and their families. This year’s Roaring Twenties theme brought out gangsters, bankers, jailbirds and a bevy of beautiful flappers who danced to Zoot Suit music while enjoying Speakeasy cocktails and food at Tequesta Country Club. With the support of the firm’s friends, Jupiter Law Center topped the $700,000 mark in total donations to the foundation since its inaugural event in 2005. Tequesta Spotlight on page 8
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To Support New Program With Urban Youth Impact Palm Beach Rowing Association and Urban Youth Impact to launch a free, new rowing program for inner-city youth in West Palm Beach. The Palm Beach Rowing Association (PBRA) has completed a $1.3 million boathouse expansion designed to broaden access to rowing for inner-city youth and keep pace with the sport’s Rowing machines inside new PBRA Boathouse rising popularity in West Palm Beach. In cooperation with local nonprofit Urban Youth Impact (UYI), PBRA will offer a rowing program at the new boathouse for inner-city middle school students. The program will introduce students to rowing and utilize educational resources to help them achieve academic success. Developing such a program has been a long-term goal of PBRA, but it lacked the scale and resources needed to make it a reality. UYI will bring both the rowers and the academic oversight to assure that the participants focus on both academics and rowing, as well as commitment, team building, and sustained focus. In Your Community on page 6