Yuletide Ball celebrates 100 years of support for Brooklyn pre-K program
Annual ball has been fundraising since 1920
Brooklyn Kindergarten Society, a 129-year-old leader in early childhood education, will hold the 100th anniversary of the Yuletide Ball, its annual fundraiser, on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. with a virtual broadcast, titled Yuletide 100 at Home.
Unique among Brooklyn fundraisers, the Yuletide Ball in its modern era convinced patrons to feed attendees in small dinner parties so that most of the usual charity ticket price could be used for programming for pre-K. Black tie patrons would converge, after dining, on a special party of music, dancing and dessert, in recent years held at the Heights Casino. But COVID put a damper on that model.
Instead of an evening of large dinner parties, this year’s event will consist of a virtual program that will celebrate Yuletide’s rich history and the work of BKS, with portions of the broadcast filmed in the Governors’ Room at The Heights Casino.