Ashburn Village promotes June 7 cornhole fundraiser for CJ3 Foundation
Ashburn Village's Toss for a Cause paired ACL-style cornhole with kids and casual brackets, directing proceeds to CJ3 Foundation's wounded-hero programs.
Ashburn Village turned cornhole into a charity day with real weight on Sunday, using the Second Annual Toss for a Cause to raise money for CJ3 Foundation, a Leesburg-based 501(c)(3) that serves wounded and disabled military service members, veterans, law enforcement officers, firefighters and other emergency first responders. The foundation says its work runs through four pillars: CJ3 Advocacy, CJ3 Mental Health & Wellness, CJ3 Service Dogs and CJ3 Field Ops.
The event centered at Ashburn Village Sports Pavilion in Ashburn, Virginia, where check-in began at 11:30 a.m. and the action rolled from there. The kids division started at noon, the competitive bracket at 1:00 p.m. and the casual tournament at 1:30 p.m., giving the day a staggered rhythm that let families, serious players and first-timers share the same footprint. Ashburn Village describes the pavilion as its central amenity for the Ashburn Village Community Association, a facility that spans more than 32,000 square feet and supports fitness, aquatics, tennis, pickleball and other family-friendly activities.
The structure of the tournament was the story on the boards. The casual BYOP division was set for a minimum four-game format to 21 or a 10-minute cap from 27 feet, with winners taking home cash, gift cards and sponsor prizes. The competitive BYOP division was labeled ACL and used four-game pool play before double elimination, also at 27 feet and to a maximum of 21. That bracket already carried a purse of more than $2,000, and organizers expected it to keep growing as more teams signed up. The kids-and-parent tournament, aimed at ages 6 to 11, shortened the game to a 15-foot distance and used two or three pool-play games to 21 or an eight-minute limit, with gift cards and sponsor prizes on the line.
The fundraiser leaned hard into the full-day event feel. Ashburn Village promoted prizes, raffles, food trucks and more, while Irish Rose Cornhole handled the tournament promotion and added sponsor packages, a HEROES discount code for active-duty and first-responder players, and custom board-and-bag perks. The format fit the mission: competition at the top, accessibility underneath, and a charitable target that reached well beyond the scorecards. Last year’s first annual Toss for a Cause benefited Veterans Moving Forward, a reminder that the event has already built a fundraising identity and changed beneficiaries without changing its core idea.
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