NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 30, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Junior League of Orange County, Calif., (JLOCC) is offering an opportunity drawing as its Spring fundraiser. One thousand tickets will be available for a price of $50 each at the Junior League headquarters, 5140 Campus Drive, Newport Beach, or from League members.
The winning ticket for a Grand Prize of $10,000 will be drawn at an evening event starting at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, at Andrei's Conscious Cuisine, 2607 Main Street, Irvine. Admission is free to the No-Host party. A portion of the proceeds from food purchases will be donated to the Junior League.
All tickets must be turned in at the Junior League headquarters by 5:00 p.m., May 7, or by 7:30 p.m., May 8, at the event to be held at Andrei's Conscious Cuisine to qualify for the drawing. The winner does not need to be present. More information is available on the Junior League website www.jlocc.org.
Funds raised annually by the JLOCC directly impact the community through collaborative projects with partner organizations and support JLOCC's mission of promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community. This year's projects include the Orangewood Children's Foundation Kinship Project; Orangewood Mentoring Program Activities Project; Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Reading Program; Florence Crittenton Services Project; Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Emancipated Youth Program; Impact Orange County; and Bear Hugs, a JLOCC project supporting emancipated teens in Orange County.
About the Junior League of Orange County, California, Inc.
The Junior League of Orange County, California, Inc., is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and the leadership of trained volunteers. JLOCC has contributed to Orange County by helping found organizations such as Orangewood Children's Home and the Volunteer Center of Orange County. As a solely educational and charitable organization, the JLOCC's trained volunteers actively support the community through collaboration with organizations that promote and support the health, safety and education of women and children. A 501(c)(3) organization, the JLOCC reaches out to women of all races, religions, and national origins. Originally founded in 1956 as the Newport Harbor Service League, the JLOCC is a member organization of the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. To learn more about the JLOCC, call (949) 261-0823 or visit www.jlocc.org.