The Anne Banning Leadership Award was presented by Diane Michel, May 5, 2021. “It is a great honor for me to be presenting the Anne Banning Leadership Award to one of our outstanding Assistance League sisters today. This is the first time ALB has presented this coveted National award to a member of ours. The Anne […]

Joy Dunne, our current Assistance League of Bellingham president, presented the President’s Award to Joanie Carrington at our regular Zoom membership meeting, May 5th. In the presentation, Joy said, “The President’s award, given for the first time this year, is to recognize a member who is excellent at what she does, even in the face […]

Assistance League of Bellingham is happy to announce that in 2021, 55 students in Whatcom County received summer Enrichment Scholarship Awards. Click here to view the winners.

Assistance League of Bellingham Awards Summer Scholarships

Presented by Rosemary Selver, Assistance League of Bellingham: It is my honor and privilege to present the Ada Laughlin Award. Ada Laughlin was a co-founder of the Assistance League and was married to Homer Laughlin Jr, “whose family is known for creating the iconic Fiesta Dinnerware that is still popular today.” It’s quite often sold in […]

In recognition of our founder Anne Banning, Assistance League of Bellingham had another successful sock drive within our chapter. Member volunteers collected 853 pairs of socks in all sizes for the students in all eight Whatcom county schools and Lummi Nation. Each coordinator from the school came to our Thrift & Gift Shop to pick […]