In 1982 a group of 34 women founded the Atlanta Chapter in Chamblee, Georgia. In the early years, Assistance League members sold senior citizens’ crafts at malls and outdoor markets. Knowing that Assistance League needed a permanent home for selling its crafts, members searched for and found a building to lease in downtown Chamblee, which today is lovingly referred to as “The Mouse House.”
Four buildings and almost 30 years later, Assistance League has grown into an organization with over 260 member volunteers who have recorded on average more than 53,000 volunteer hours each of the last five years. We have no paid employees. Atlanta Chapter is housed in a 13,000 square foot facility completed in August, 2000. Members completed the capital campaign, begun in 1997, within three years, raising $1.3 million to pay for the building in its entirety.
In December 2016, the chapter purchased a second building, a “Philanthropic Center,” to house administrative offices, training facilities, meeting rooms and much-needed space for its programs, particularly Operation School Bell.®
