Page 6 - Boca Ezposure - February '22

Page 6, Boca Exposure
Junior League Of Boca Raton’s Little Black Dress Initiative

Planned For March 7 To 11 Will
Raise Funds For Underserved

Women And Children

The Junior League of Boca Raton (JLBR) will launch
the third annual Little Black Dress Initiative (LBDI), a
weeklong awareness campaign, March 7 to 11, to raise
funds to help underserved women and children in Palm
Beach and Broward counties.
Junior League members that participate in Little Black
Dress will wear the same black dress or outfit for five
consecutive days to illustrate the restrictions poverty
places on choices, opportunities, and access to resources.
By wearing the same black dress or outfit, it symbolizes
the somber situation and struggles that many members of
our community face on a daily basis. Members will post
their daily experience on social media channels pictured
in the same dress.

To support Little Black Dress, visit jlbr.org or send “Our goal is to raise awareness and dollars,” said Jamie
a check to the Junior League of Boca Raton, Vegso Sauer, president of the Junior League of Boca Raton. “The
Community Resource Center, 261 N.W. 13th Street, Boca Little Black Dress Initiative demonstrates how limited
Raton, FL 33432. Donations are fully tax deductible and resources affect daily life.”
will go to support the programs and mission of the JLBR. About The Junior League Of Boca Raton
Founded in 2014 by the Junior League of London, the Throughout the year, JLBR members will contribute
Little Black Dress Initiative has been adopted by Junior more than 35,000 volunteer hours and provide more than
Leagues throughout the United States. $250,000 to support our mission of training volunteers,
The initiative will enable members to experience developing the potential of women and improving the
what it’s like to only own one dress and have to keep it South Florida community through impact areas: child
clean and wear it for an entire week so they can reflect welfare, hunger, and nonprofit support. To learn more
on the impact of poverty and the lack of choices people about the JLBR, please contact the JLBR office at (561)
have who live in poverty face on a daily basis. League 620-2553 or visit www.JLBR.org. Connect with us on
members will raise money via their personal social media facebook.com/JuniorLeagueBocaRaton, or twitter.com/
channels. JLBocaRaton. Connection hashtags for the initiative are
In Florida, 62 percent of the workforce is comprised #JLBR or #JLBRimpact, #LBDIJLBR.
of mothers with infant children and one quarter of the
state’s residents live below the poverty level.

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