2021 Impact Report

• $500 Personal Development Grant for LBB’s Woman of the Year, Valarie Fleahman
• $1,000 Scholarship awarded to Bailee Koons, University of Missouri, St Louis
• $5,000 in business grant dollars and professional development services through Rise & Shine business grant campaign to Nikki Barnard, Owner of Deep Cove Creations
• $1,500 donation to St Charles County Ambulance District, winners of the Fire & Ice Bartending Challenge
• $8,917 total contribution to Walk to End Alzheimer’s across three different walks: St Charles, St Louis, and Edwardsville
• $5,700 contributions to local charities including: Wentzville Fire Outreach, Volunteers in Medicine-St Charles. The Sparrow’s Nest Maternity Home, Vision St Charles County Leadership, The Child Advocacy Center, Annie’s Hope, Bree’s Gift, Bethany Christian Services, The Wet Nose Project, BJC Foundation Ribbon of Hope, and the St Louis Crisis Nursery, Parkway School District Step Troupe
• 8,552 toys donated to Toys for Tots Foundation, serving 10 counties in the Greater St Louis region - $42,760 Impact

LBB Chapter Highlights

• LBB’s Encore Chapter supported Connections to Success by donating clothing and personal hygiene items - $900 Impact
• LBB: Cottleville supported St Joseph Catholic school book drive to promote literacy within our community, The Sparrow's Nest Maternity Home, and Cottleville Fire Outreach - $3,000 Impact
• LBB: Greater St Charles filled over 30 backpacks for Show Me Care Bags, an organization that provides care bags, free of charge, to patients of all ages receiving cancer treatment for all types of cancer. - $1,500 Impact
• LBB: Madison County, IL raised $300 for Good Samaritan House - $300 Impact
• LBB: Mid St Louis Count delivered food weighing 1,045 pounds to benefit Operation Food Search; and supported Eagle’s Wings, a charity which provides new clothing and other necessities to children in need. - $1,776 Impact
• LBB: Troy conducted a feminine hygiene drive on behalf of Lincoln County R3 Schools; and executed a Cornhole Tournament, raising $1500 to benefit The Key Youth Center, providing shelter, life skills and wrap-around service in Lincoln County. $3,500 Impact
• LBB: Wentzville worked hand-in-hand with the Wentzville School District to donate over 3,000 items for the district’s Operation Backpack, serving students in need by providing food for them through the weekend when school meals are not available. $4,500 Impact
• LBB: West County supported The Assistance League of St Louis donating over 285 cleaning products, and raised funds for Sweet Celebrations, a charity that provides personalized birthday celebrations for homeless children and teens. Collectively they raised enough money to fund birthday parties for an entire month for a local homeless shelter.  $2,425 Impact
• LBB: 9to5 collected and donated to “Feed-my-people'' local food banks. $1,800 Impact

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2021 LBB IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY TO $85,075

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Little Black Book is proud to reinvest in its members, future leaders, and our community through sponsorships, volunteerism, fundraising, and in-kind donations.  

Since 2017, Little Black Book has donated over $50,000 to local charities and community organizations. The organization’s largest contribution to date is to Toys for Tots Foundation, donating over 38,000 toys since 2013. 

For the past three years, Little Black Book has awarded a scholarship to a young woman enrolled in a higher education institution. The year 2021 will see the awarding of two scholarships to be used by the student as she or he feels fit. 

The Woman of the Year initiative recognizes one woman each year from within the organization that embodies the characteristics of LBB’s Pillars on which the organization stands. The initiative is peer-driven, and results in the award of a grant for the recipient to use to further her personal and professional development. 

Rise and Shine, an initiative to be launched in 2021, offers LBB’s members the opportunity to compete for one of two $1,000 business grants.
The competition will reward the two members with the most comprehensive plan for growing their businesses while remaining community-focused. 

​Further GIVE initiatives include support of local chambers, civic, and community organizations through sponsorships and volunteerism.