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The Junior Board of Rock Island (JBRI) is entering its 88th year of supporting children and families in the Quad Cities area. Founded in 1935 with the mission of working together to serve children in our community, our primary focus began by supporting the Visiting Nurse & Homecare Association, by volunteering service hours for their child- related causes. Our organization has since expanded into a 100% volunteer organization, which annually supports more than 40 organizations in the Quad Cities, with more than $1.7 million in donations to their child-related programs.
Our sincere thanks go out to all who have helped JBRI make a positive difference in the quality of life for countless children, year after year, through organizational programs that improve the health and lives of young people in the Quad Cities, in the areas such as literacy, education and community safety. Some of the organizations and projects we have funded and for which we have provided volunteer support include Project Nest, the Nest Egg Scholarship, Quad City Art’s Santa’s Special Stars event, the Children’s Therapy Center, and the Rock Island Milan Education Foundation.
Our annual fundraising event is the black-tie Mardi Gras Charity Ball. We are excited to announce our theme for Mardi Gras this year is “Colors of Calypso” and will be held at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf, Iowa. Once again, we will be holding a Silent Auction as one of our primary sources of fundraising. This allows us to fill even more of the increasing requests we receive from organizations each year. Without the continued generosity of community-minded individuals and businesses like yours, we cannot succeed! ALL funds raised are directly donated back to our Quad Cities community!
