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Bringing Comfort to Children in Foster Care

Posted by ghartmeier@gmail.com on May 30, 2025

Assistance League of Bend is proud to partner with Every Child Central Oregon to provide Emergency Clothing Bundles to children in the foster care system. When children are placed in…

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New Back-to-School Clothes Build Confidence

Posted by ghartmeier@gmail.com on October 7, 2024

Assistance League of Bend’s Operation School Bell® fall campaign began this week. The first two sessions saw over 500 children shop for new back-to-school clothes at the Bend Walmart. During the month of…

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Emergency Bundles for Foster Children

Posted by ghartmeier@gmail.com on October 7, 2024

Assistance League of Bend recently prepared emergency winter clothing bundles for foster children. Through a partnership with Every Child Central Oregon, Assistance League provides emergency clothing to children entering…

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Fostering a Love of Reading

Posted by ghartmeier@gmail.com on October 7, 2024

Assistance League of Bend’s Operation School Bell® Literacy team has been busy this summer distributing new books to local children in need. They could be spotted offering free books…

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Promoting Literacy

Posted by ghartmeier@gmail.com on February 5, 2024

Assistance League of Bend distributed 228 new books to children in need at the Tower Theatre “Page to Screen” event on January 26. The Tower Theatre, in partnership with…

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Thank You Central Oregon

Posted by ghartmeier@gmail.com on January 15, 2024

We appreciate our generous community for supporting the recent Central Oregon Gives campaign. Your donations will help provide new school clothes to 85 local children in need. New clothes…

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New Books for Children in Need

Posted by ghartmeier@gmail.com on September 25, 2023

Assistance League of Bend provided 264 new books to children at the From Page to Screen! Free Family Movie Night event at the Tower Theatre on September 22. Priority tickets were…

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National Operation School Bell Award

Posted by ghartmeier@gmail.com on June 1, 2023

Erin K. MacDonald was presented with Assistance League’s National Operation School Bell award at our recent Annual Meeting. This award is to “honor those in the community who, through significant financial,…

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New Clothes Promote Peer Acceptance

Posted by ghartmeier@gmail.com on February 23, 2023

Through their Operation School Bell® program, Assistance League of Bend is providing new clothing to 950 local students this winter. Like the fall clothing campaign, students shop for new school clothes at the…

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New Books for Children in Need

Posted by rushkim59@gmail.com on January 25, 2023

Assistance League of Bend will be providing free Scholastic books at the upcoming Tower Theatre’s Free Family Movie Night on Friday, May 12. Children from Elk Meadow Elementary School,…

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