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Click on any of the chapter names below to view chapter addresses, contact information, auxiliaries, thrift stores and philanthropic programs. Use the following link to search again using a different program category. Or use the drop-down menu in the top right corner of this page. Adult Services
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AL of Birmingham |
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Operation Literacy -- Tutors children and adults in literacy and students of all ages studying for their high school equivalency degree. |
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AL of Flagstaff |
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Sharon Manor Welcome and Moving on Baskets -- Alpine Auxiliary provides welcome baskets, with a kitchen, bedroom, or bathroom theme, to residents of this transitional housing complex and provides special needs baskets to those moving out. |
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AL of Phoenix |
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Scholarships -- Provides scholarships to women and men who have completed sixty-four hours of community college and wish to earn a degree from an accredited four-year college. |
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AL of Tucson |
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Project Hooked on Books -- Provides age appropriate books to Reach Out and Read Southern Arizona designed to encourage literacy in parents and children. A Professional Association of Women's Service Auxiliary project. |
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AL of Yuma |
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Assistance League of Yuma Scholarship Program -- Provides limited support for tuition to selected students enrolled in occcupational/technical programs at Arizona Western College.
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AL of Arcadia |
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New Mothers and Babies in Need -- Provides clothing for those greatly in need through a hospital.
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AL of Bakersfield |
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Operation Opportunity -- Provides clothing for adults for job interviews to help them get off welfare.
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AL of Conejo Valley |
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Good Samaritans -- Assisteens will provide items and services to Samaritan Center in the form of clothing, meals, computers, bus passes, etc. to homeless and those with adverse economic circumstances who are unemployed. |
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AL of Diablo Valley |
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Scholarships -- Provides scholarships for high school and community college students based on their need and/or volunteer contributions.
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Scholarship Program/Teacher Grants -- Provides awards for programs that will enrich, enhance and complement the curriculum. They are awarded to teachers to implement programs not adequately funded from other sources. |
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Assault Survivor Kits® -- Provides clothing and grooming items to victims of assault. |
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AL of Downey |
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Books on Wheels -- Provides books for the homebound. Members return and deliver books from the library. |
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Housing of Medical Emergencies (HOME) -- Operates a ten-unit complex that provides temporary housing for families of long-term rehab patients for a nominal fee.
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Volunteer Center -- Meals on Wheels -- Distributes a cold and hot meal to homebound recipients.
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AL of Flintridge |
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Youth Employment Service -- Fee-free job placement service for individuals 14-22 years of age.
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AL of Glendale |
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Scholarships -- A scholarship is awarded to a graduating student in four high schools, a continuation high school and a community college. |
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Vocational Training Project -- Provides an opportunity for individuals with developmental disabilities to participate in various job training tasks in a retail atmosphere in Thrift Alley. |
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Desi Geestman Foundation -- Provides kitchen Survival Kits for families and pediatric cancer patients and Tutors & Readers for patients trying to keep up with school work while hospitalized. A Las Caritas Auxiliary program.
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AL of Greater Placer |
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Dressing for Success -- This program provides women and men entering or re-entering the workforce with job appropriate clothing through our Thrift Shop. |
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AL of Hemacinto |
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Scholarship Projects -- Awards a $500 scholarship annually to a reentry single parent at a local community college.
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AL of Huntington Beach |
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Nursing Scholarships -- Scholarships given to deserving students in the nursing program at Golden West College. |
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Operation Self-Esteem -- Provides clothing and personal hygiene items to mentally impaired individuals in residential day-care programs. |
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AL of Laguna Beach |
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Early Intervention Program -- Provides therapy for developmentally delayed infants under one year plus therapy and training for their parents. While parents are meeting with therapists babysitting is provided. |
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Scholarships -- Provides scholarships relating to early childhood development, healthcare and education. |
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AL of Long Beach |
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Mentor Program -- Mentoring program of high school, reentry and college students. |
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AL of Orange |
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Puppy Love -- Assisteens Auxiliary provides a new stuffed puppy for a child to hold at Ronald McDonald House and Children's Hospital Orange County and cooks dinners for guest residents at the house. |
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AL of Redlands |
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Scholarships -- Scholarships for high school, adult education and nursing (LVN) programs to women students who have overcome adversities. |
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AL of Sacramento |
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Senior Friendship -- Members encourage seniors in retirement homes to utilize their special talents to knit, crochet, and sew for the needy in the local area. |
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Clothes for Careers -- Clothes homeless women who are re-entering the work place upon completion of a job training program. |
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Waste Not -- Excess thrift shop items are shared with the Salvation Army and Loaves and Fishes to benefit additional people in need. |
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Scholarship Program -- Assistance League of Sacramento awards scholarships to students attending selected Community Colleges in the Sacramento region. |
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AL of Saddleback Valley |
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Links to Learning -- Provides an opportunity to enhance and/or develop new or different approaches to teaching by granting monetary awards to teachers, school counselors and media specialists who apply for an award. |
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AL of San Pedro-South Bay |
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Weavers -- A project of Spinnakers Auxiliary, this project treats visually impaired adults and guests to a monthly luncheon/celebration and entertainment. Guests are transported by auxiliary. |
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Forensic Nursing Scholarships -- Provides funds for nurses to attend specialized training for skills of rape specimen collection and prepares the nurse to stay with a rape victim through court appearance, if necessary. |
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AL of Santa Barbara |
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Operation Bookshelf -- This project of the Las Aletas Auxiliary provides library service to shut-ins. |
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Fostering Friends -- Provides one-on-one mentors for young adults leaving foster care to assist them with living skills, finding living accommodations and other specific needs.
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AL of Santa Clarita |
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LARC Ranch -- Provides developmentally challenged adults with a Spring event and the Assisteens plan a Masquerade in the fall. |
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AL of Sierra Foothills |
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Mother's Day Spa Day and Luncheon -- Provides a day of pampering to honor mothers who live in White House Village a low income apartment complex. |
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AL of Southern California |
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Volunteer Center of Los Angeles - ALSC -- VCLA connects people to organizations that benefit from their involvement and operates a court referral program for individuals doing community service. |
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AL of Temecula Valley |
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Alternative to Domestic Violence - Voucher Program -- The main philanthropic program of PROS -- Professional Rewards of Service -- serves victims of domestic violence. |
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Scholarships -- Scholarships are awarded to area high school seniors and to women going back to college. |
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AL of Tustin |
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Project Family -- Provides scholarships for single mothers wishing to finish their education. |
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AL of Whittier |
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Bookmobile -- Provides delivery of books from library to housebound people. |
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Continuing Education Fund -- Provides scholarship for higher education. |
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First Impressions -- Auxiliary provides business clothing for residents of First Day who are scheduled for job interviews.
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AL of Denver |
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Scholarship -- Provides scholarships to students at Community College of Denver, Community College of Aurora and Pickens Technical College. |
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AL of Greeley |
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Single Parent Scholarships -- Provides tuition and books for single parents selected by the Scholarship Committee. |
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AL of Atlanta |
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New Beginnings -- Purchases and delivers new clothing and hygiene kits to rape crisis centers as well as clothing, hygiene kits, and household goods to Atlanta area shelters and short-term care facilities. |
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Shepherd Center Patient Support -- Purchases and delivers new clothing that is appropriate for physical therapy for recently admitted patients to this nationally recognized hospital. |
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Links to Education -- Provides scholarship funding for deserving students in post-high school Georgia institutions. |
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AL of Chicagoland West |
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Operation New Start -- Essential kitchen equipment for families transitioning from homelessness to independent living |
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AL of Minneapolis/St. Paul |
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Operation Graduation -- In January and June each year, Assistance League honors graduates who have completed the Adult Basic Education program to earn their General Education Development (GED) or high school diploma. |
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AL of Mid-Missouri |
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Kaboodle Kits - Bundles for Babies -- Provides a hygiene kit to families arriving at shelter for abused women and needy schoolchildren. |
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Parent Packs -- Provides new parents with a bag of pertinent information on pregnancy. |
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Women' s Shelter Project -- A project of Professional Leaders. Provides support to purchase materials or equipment for Women's Shelter. |
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AL of St. Louis |
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Project ROSE (Raise Our Self Esteem) -- Strives to help abused women in secure shelters feel valued by providing personal and special occasion items. |
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AL of Omaha |
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Operation Rescue -- Provides clothing needs to women and adolescents who avail themselves of a detoxification program. |
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AL of Chaves County |
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Reach for Recovery -- Provides tote bags and pillows for breast cancer patients. |
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AL of the Triangle Area |
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Women in Need (WIN) -- Provides personal care kits, lunch, lockers, bus tickets and other items to homeless women in a care center. |
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Scholarship Project -- Scholarship opportunities for single working mothers providing continuing education, healthcare careers and postsecondary education. |
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AL of Bend |
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Hats Hats Hats -- Provides hats for chemotherapy patients. |
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AL of Eugene |
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Operation Bookshelf -- Distributes and returns library books from the city library to residents who cannot otherwise use the library facilities and to provide large print books, tapes and such items needed by the library. |
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AL of Salem |
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Operation Bookshelf -- Provides distribution of Salem Public Library materials to residents unable to use the facilities. |
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AL of Georgetown Area |
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New Friends -- Plan and assist with serving at monthly birthday and holiday parties for the residents in the Alzheimer's Unit of Wesleyan Retirement Home in Georgetown. |
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Watch me Grow From Head to Toe -- Provides booklets in English/Spanish that are distributed to the local Georgetown Hospital to aid new mothers in learning about the growth and development of their babies.
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AL of Greater Collin County |
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Making It Happen -- Provides hands-on giving of time, self and instruction for craft project to residents of a limited income apartment complex. |
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Pass the Word -- Provides a selection of books and magazines to patients on surgical floors of hospital. |
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Wee Memories -- Preparation and donation of bereavement memory boxes, which are presented by skilled hospital staff to parents who have lost a child through infant demise. |
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AL of Houston |
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Support for the Arts -- A juried art show that showcases work of today's artists and presents opportunities for rising Texas artists to be discovered. |
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AL of San Antonio |
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Watch Me Grow -- A developmental booklet for parents of children is distributed through private and community agencies and is on the chapter's website in Spanish and English. |
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Assistance League San Antonio Scholarships -- Provides scholarships to low-income students who have completed 60 hours of undergraduate work and have a minimum 2.5 GPA to encourage and enable them to continue their education. |
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Enhanced Learning Through Teacher Grants -- Under the umbrella of Operation School Bell, monetary grants are provided to teachers for teaching material not covered under school budgets. |
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AL of Salt Lake City |
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Brighter Tomorrows -- Provides vouchers for the purchase of clothing from chapter thrift shop, new underwear, toiletries, hair cuts and style and a shoe gift card and scholarships to students for GED. |
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AL of Northern Virginia |
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Operation Hugs - Assault Survivor Kit® Program -- Provides clothing and other essentials for sexual assault and abuse victims. |
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AL of Bellingham |
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Shelter Outreach -- Provides basic emergency clothing and personal hygiene items to women arriving at Womencare Shelter. |
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AL of Everett |
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Operation Self-Help -- Provides clothing through the thrift shop for adults reentering the work force. |
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AL of Seattle |
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Financial Aid for Education (FAFE) -- Provides financial aid for education to community college students of low and moderate income. |
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