GrassROOTS Community Foundation Hosts Fundraising Concert

GrassROOTS Community Foundation Hosts Fundraising Concert


The GrassROOTS Foundation board members, TV executive Mona Scott Young and Roots musician Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, and president, Janice Johnson Dias, Ph.D. (Image: Facebook)

On Nov. 22, The GrassROOTS Community Foundation (GCF), a nonprofit resource that seeks to ensure the health and well-being of women and girls, held its 3rd AnnualGive Thanks: Cocktail Fundraiser & Concert” in Short Hills, New Jersey.

The event was hosted by entertainment mogul and GrassROOTS board member Mona Scott-Young and sponsored by City National Bank and Bartenura Wines. President of the organization Janice Johnson Dias, Ph.D., celebrated the night with esteemed guests included CGF board member and Grammy-winning recording artist TariqBlack ThoughtTrotter of the Roots and more. The Enoch Smith, Jr. Jazz Band performed, and guests also enjoyed a special DJ set by Scotty Nevers. Additional special guests included members of New Jersey State Legislature.

This year’s theme was “In Everything, Give Thanks,” a message that illustrates the spirit of GCF’s holiday efforts. For the past three years, proceeds from the “Give Thanks” event have provided 100 turkeys to residents of Georgia King Village, a crime-ridden housing development in Newark. Turkeys donated this year will be distributed to Georgia King residents by Girl Scout Troop #40724 and the GrassROOTS Super Campers.

GCF will expand its giving to Georgia King Village this year in honor of the late Tanji Dewberry, a long-time GrassROOTS supporter who tragically died in a house fire earlier this year along with her 8-year-old son Evan. Funds raised from this year’s celebration will go toward the development of an on-site health program for mothers and children at Georgia King Village.


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