Assistance League ACTION! Week

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Mar

Kansas City – Donates ACTION! Week Books to Hospital Library

On February 25, 2020, three members of Assistance League of Kansas City delivered much needed books to the Children’s Mercy Hospital Chapel Library. The books were donated through the Outreach Program and given in conjunction with ACTION! WEEK. Books on coping with grief, picture books and Spanish versions of popular children books are the most requested […]

13

Mar

San Luis Obispo County – Helps Kids Succeed

Assistance League of San Luis Obispo County conducted it’s final scheduled giveaway of school clothing and school supplies to disadvantaged students in Paso Robles. Early Saturday morning, the volunteers set up the Operation School Bell® booth outside Kohls. Students in the Paso Robles School District arrived with certificates that entitled them to choose school clothes […]

23

Feb

Diablo Valley – Listen for ACTION! Week

Students seeing other students receive one-on-one support makes for a comfortable learning environment. As ACTION! Week for Assistance League of Diablo Valley arrives on February 23, the name Anne Banning echoes not only on a local level, it resonates throughout all 120 Assistance League chapters nationwide. In 1919, just over 100 years ago, she and […]

14

May

Hemacinto – Campaign to Collect 1,000 Books

Putting a book in the hands of every young child in the San Jacinto Valley who doesn’t have one in their home is the motivation behind the Assistance League of Hemacinto’s month-long book drive. “It might be they can’t afford books or don’t have anyone that can read to them,” President Linda Morriss said. The […]

May

Palm Springs Desert Area – Assistance League ACTION! Week – The Little Chapter That Could

In the middle of the warm summer months in the desert, Assistance League Palm Springs Desert Area received a call from the Molina Foundation asking a surprising question.  Would we be interested in receiving thousands of books from the Foundation?  The Foundation was emptying a warehouse and looking for ways to give away the contents. […]