COUNSELOR’S CORNER EXTRAORDINARY MENTORSHIP: Supporting the Orlando Cepeda Foundation
We are proud to support the Orlando Cepeda Foundation in its mission to uplift communities and nurture the dreams of young athletes. By providing pro bono legal services for its nonprofit filing, we hope to contribute to its continued success and the positive impact it has on countless lives. To learn more about the Orlando Cepeda Foundation and how you can get involved, visit their website at OrlandoCepedaFoundation.com . Malcom, we commend your unwavering dedication and are grateful for the opportunity to support such a worthy cause. Here’s to a successful partnership in 2024 and beyond.
At Monteforte Law, we take pride in supporting our community by offering pro bono services to a selected nonprofit each year. For 2024, we were honored to assist the Orlando Cepeda Foundation, led by Malcom Cepeda, son of Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda. The Orlando Cepeda Foundation is dedicated to empowering underprivileged communities and aspiring baseball players, honoring Orlando Cepeda’s legacy of excellence. Their mission is to create and support programs that motivate underrepresented youth to achieve academic success, hone athletic skills, and develop leadership abilities. Malcom Cepeda, Mikey’s baseball coach, has been a significant influence in our lives. He embodies the foundation’s core values of collaboration, empowerment, perseverance, excellence, discipline, and achievement. His commitment to fostering positive change is evident in his dedication to mentoring young athletes and providing them with opportunities to succeed both on and off the field. Through strategic fundraising initiatives, the foundation aims to break down socioeconomic barriers and ensure every child, regardless of background, has the chance to experience the joys of baseball. By investing in underprivileged areas, they not only introduce the sport but also instill values that extend beyond the diamond, such as teamwork, discipline, and determination.
If you’d like to be considered for our 2025 nonprofit, please email us at MonteforteTeam@ montefortelaw.com .
When Pilfering a Pineapple Was Britain’s Juiciest Crime FORBIDDEN FRUIT
the wealthy as an exotic delicacy. Importing pineapples was difficult, however, because they usually spoiled en route. In the 1770s, pineapples were selling in England for the equivalent of $17,000–$23,000 apiece in 2025 U.S. dollars. Europeans went wild over the sweet, fragrant fruit, which became a symbol of warmth and hospitality incorporated into Renaissance architecture. Kings and queens clamored for pineapple, including Catherine the Great and King Ferdinand of Spain. King Charles II of England even commissioned a portrait of himself being presented with one. Initial attempts to cultivate pineapples in Britain’s cool climate failed. Transplanting and propagating plant stock and nurturing young plants to maturity was a painstaking process made more difficult by the fruit’s long maturation cycle, which requires as
Most criminals sentenced to seven years have committed a serious crime, such as armed robbery or multiple burglaries. In 1807, however, a British man named John Godding was sentenced to seven years in an Australian penal colony for an entirely different offense: stealing seven pineapples. The prickly-skinned golden fruit was so prized in 16th, 17th, and 18th-century Britain that pineapples commanded exorbitant prices and were even available to rent to prosperous Brits who featured them as centerpieces at parties. The pineapple craze drove prices for the fruit so high that they became a prized target among petty thieves. Pineapples are native to the Caribbean and South America, and Christopher Columbus is credited with introducing them to Europe after finding them in Guadeloupe in 1493. The fruit quickly became de rigueur among
long as 2 1/2 years or more from planting to mature pineapples. British farmers tried for centuries before finally succeeding at producing pineapples in “hot houses” or “pineries” heated by furnaces placed within glass-walled enclosures. Advancements in global trade eventually made pineapples more readily available in Europe. Had the unfortunate Mr. Godding, the pineapple thief, committed his crime in modern times, he would probably have gotten off with a mere $100 fine.
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