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       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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