Philanthropic Programs

Operation School Bell®

Students, grades pre-K – 12, can shop at designated JCPenney stores.  They select their clothing based on individual needs and circumstances.  All receive a personal hygiene kit.  Their smiles as they leave the store are as big as their bags!

Operation Cinderella

Provides high school seniors in need with everything necessary, from formal dresses to tux rental gift certificates, for a positive prom experience.

Operation Support Our Schools

Provides various support services to at-risk students on nineteen campuses and two school clusters in the Clear Creek and Dickinson Independent School Districts.

Assembles and delivers Snack Attack Packs to Deer Park, La Porte, and Texas City ISDs to distribute to students faced with food insufficiencies.

Assault Survivor Kit 2020-2021 Success

Assault Survivor Kits®

Provides clothing and hygiene kits for victims of domestic and sexual assaults whose clothing has been retained by law enforcement as evidence.

Ready for Work

Provides men and women identified by the Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Family Houston Bay Area, Family Promise of Clear Creek, and Workforce Solutions – Clear Lake with interview and job-appropriate clothing.

Community Outreach Tornado Victims

Community Outreach

Provides opportunities to meet one-time or emergency needs in the service area.

2022-2023 Statistics

$1,187

million dollars returned to our community

$455.0

thousand dollars accrued from resource development initiatives

37,316

thousand hours volunteered

News & Events

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Award-Winning Resale Shop Hosts Successful Glitz & Glamour Holiday Extravaganza Preview Party

The award-winning Resale Shop’s Glitz & Glamour Holiday Extravaganza Preview Party was a great success thanks to customers, donors, members, and business partners. It was a sold-out event as two hundred (200) shoppers purchased tickets to experience a preview of the items offered during the extravaganza season from Wednesday, November 15th through Saturday, December 16th. […]

Assistance League of the Bay Area Announces the Return of Just a Pretty Table

The inaugural Just a Pretty Table event was held by the Bay Area Museum Guild in 2006. Joy Smitherman, a long-time Museum Guild and Assistance League® of the Bay Area member, was instrumental in creating this much-loved annual fundraiser. The last one was held in 2018 before the Museum Guild dissolved. Joy always wished Assistance […]

Operation Support Our Schools Partners with Communities In Schools – Bay Area to Address At-Risk Student Needs

Through the chapter’s Operation Support Our Schools philanthropic program, support is given to Clear Creek and Dickinson Independent School District campuses served by Communities In Schools – Bay Area. One area addressed is providing snacks and drinks for the students who visit their Student Support Specialist, often feeling stressed and needing a moment to feel […]

Galveston ISD Students Happy with Jackets from Assistance League of the Bay Area

Operation School Bell®, the chapter’s largest philanthropic program, serves nine school districts in the surrounding Houston-Galveston Bay Area. Each district determines the appropriate dress code that best meets the needs of its student population. Students in the Galveston Independent School District receive jackets from us as a part of the allocated allowance because purchases are […]

Assistance League of the Bay Area Delivers 88 Assault Survivor Kits to the Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Supporting The Bridge Over Troubled Waters, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, with a delivery of 88 Assault Survivor Kits® occurred this past week. The chapter partners with several entities – hospitals, police stations, and shelters – to offer a packet containing the necessary items for a victim to depart from their examination after an attack, […]

Yaga’s Children’s Fund Gifts Assistance League of the Bay Area $5,000

The chapter acknowledges Yaga’s Children’s Fund’s continued generosity towards our organization. At their distribution of funds event on Wednesday evening, October 11th, Assistance League® of the Bay Area received a $5,000 contribution supporting our largest philanthropic program, Operation School Bell®. Since 2016 Yaga’s Children’s Fund has gifted the organization $14,600. Representing us that evening Rebecca […]

News & Events

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  • News

Award-Winning Resale Shop Hosts Successful Glitz & Glamour Holiday Extravaganza Preview Party

The award-winning Resale Shop’s Glitz & Glamour Holiday Extravaganza Preview Party was a great success thanks to customers, donors, members, and business partners. It was a sold-out event as two hundred (200) shoppers purchased tickets to experience a preview of the items offered during the extravaganza season from Wednesday, November 15th through Saturday, December 16th. […]

Assistance League of the Bay Area Announces the Return of Just a Pretty Table

The inaugural Just a Pretty Table event was held by the Bay Area Museum Guild in 2006. Joy Smitherman, a long-time Museum Guild and Assistance League® of the Bay Area member, was instrumental in creating this much-loved annual fundraiser. The last one was held in 2018 before the Museum Guild dissolved. Joy always wished Assistance […]

Operation Support Our Schools Partners with Communities In Schools – Bay Area to Address At-Risk Student Needs

Through the chapter’s Operation Support Our Schools philanthropic program, support is given to Clear Creek and Dickinson Independent School District campuses served by Communities In Schools – Bay Area. One area addressed is providing snacks and drinks for the students who visit their Student Support Specialist, often feeling stressed and needing a moment to feel […]

Galveston ISD Students Happy with Jackets from Assistance League of the Bay Area

Operation School Bell®, the chapter’s largest philanthropic program, serves nine school districts in the surrounding Houston-Galveston Bay Area. Each district determines the appropriate dress code that best meets the needs of its student population. Students in the Galveston Independent School District receive jackets from us as a part of the allocated allowance because purchases are […]

Assistance League of the Bay Area Delivers 88 Assault Survivor Kits to the Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Supporting The Bridge Over Troubled Waters, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, with a delivery of 88 Assault Survivor Kits® occurred this past week. The chapter partners with several entities – hospitals, police stations, and shelters – to offer a packet containing the necessary items for a victim to depart from their examination after an attack, […]

Yaga’s Children’s Fund Gifts Assistance League of the Bay Area $5,000

The chapter acknowledges Yaga’s Children’s Fund’s continued generosity towards our organization. At their distribution of funds event on Wednesday evening, October 11th, Assistance League® of the Bay Area received a $5,000 contribution supporting our largest philanthropic program, Operation School Bell®. Since 2016 Yaga’s Children’s Fund has gifted the organization $14,600. Representing us that evening Rebecca […]

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