Fundraisers

Bag & Bling Bingo

Bag & Bling Bingo was held Saturday, March 8, 2025.  Doors open at 6pm and Bingo starts at 7:15pm. This year’s event will be at a new location at Assumption Church in Emerson, NJ in the gym and the event will be BYO food and drink.

Your ticket includes:

  • Welcome Bag
  • Door Prize Entry
  • Game board for each of the (10) rounds of bingo

At the 2025 event, you had the option to purchase tickets for the Tricky Tray, additional Bingo cards, 50/50, and Hermes Raffle. Prices are as follows:

  • Tricky Tray – SILVER TIER: Sheet of 26, $20 each or (3) sheets for $50
  • Tricky Tray – GOLD TIER: Sheet of 6, $20 each or (3) sheets for $50
  • Additional Bingo boards (4 face/10 color coded page book) $20 each
  • 50/50 tickets: (1) for $5, (3) for $10 or 10 for $20 (50/50 is CASH ONLY)
  • Hermes (Evelyne TPM mini) Raffle: (1) for $100 (Only 100 tickets will be sold

Onsite Payment options:

  • Venmo (with service charge)
  • All Major Credit Cards (with transaction fee)
  • Cash (50/50 is cash only)
  • Checks

Curious about what to expect? Check out the photos from our sold out 2024 event.

Funds raised through Bag and Bling Bingo directly impact the JLBC’s community projects. For more information please reach out via email at contactus@thejlbc.org

2026 date will be announced in Fall 2025.

 

Little Black Dress Initiative

Little Black Dress Initiative: JLBC Participants will wear one black dress for five days straight to illustrate the effects poverty can have on a woman’s access to resources, confidence, and opportunities. The purpose of the initiative is to raise awareness, both within the League and the community at large about poverty and the work the JLBC does to help eliminate poverty especially for women and children and its effects. Details will be available soon.

 

Festival of Trees

The 37th Annual Festival of Trees was held at Ridgewood Country Club on November 23rd, 2024 at 7 p.m.  Honoring sustaining league member Deborah “Beechie” Witcher Jackson.  Beechie’s dedication to community service and leadership is evident through her 16 year tenure with JLBC.  Her concurrent membership with the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc Bergen/Passaic Chapter, which included multiple Presidential seats, further highlights her commitment to advocacy and empowerment, culminating in the prestigious Classic Women in Red Award.  A testament to her impactful contributions, she was also awarded the Garden State Woman of the Year Award for Non-Profits in 2008. For full bio and more information on Deborah “Beechie” Witcher Jackson please visit here.

Funds raised through Festival of Trees directly impact the JLBC’s community projects.

For more information on the 2025 event, sponsorship or donating to the event please contact: Festival@thejlbc.org