Chapter News

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Oct

Greater Wilmington – Teams Up with Learning Express for Book Drive

Each year Assistance League chapters participate in Make A Difference Day. Last year, the national organization collected over 80,000 books. The Assistance League of Greater Wilmington is sponsoring a children’s book drive. Each year Assistance League chapters throughout the country participate in Make A Difference Day. For more than two decades, USA TODAY and Points of Light […]

Oct

Southeastern Michigan – Selects Two East Detroit Public Schools for Operation School Bell

Two elementary schools in East Detroit Public Schools have been selected to participate in Operation School Bell, sponsored by the Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan. Forest Park and Pleasantview elementary schools in Eastpointe were chosen to take part in the program, which provides free clothes, food and education opportunities for children from low-income households through […]

Oct

the Foothills Communities – Rancho Cucamonga thrift store debuts new look

Its makeover is complete and now the Assistance League of the Foothill Communities’ revamped thrift storeis open for business. The Rancho Cucamonga store has been a fundraising mainstay for the service nonprofit. But it needed some updating. This summer, the shop, located next to the San Antonio Regional Hospital Dental Center on Archibald Avenue, closed […]

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Oct

Los Altos – Costume Bank Begins Busy Season

A group of Los Altos volunteers preserves a pre-Amazon vision of dressing up for Halloween, assembling from scratch elaborate and sometimes handmade disguises for local trick-or-treaters and costume partiers. Los Altos’ Costume Bank rents and sells costumes year-round, but October represents their busiest time of year – and the period in which they raise the […]

Oct

Northern Virginia – Eagle Scout to Hold Benefit Concert for Make A Difference Day Book Drive

The following press release has been published by Assistance League of Northern Virginia: Rising Eagle Scout to Hold Benefit Concert in Support of Assistance League of Northern Virginia’s Make A Difference Day Children’s Book Drive  Herndon, Virginia (09/20/16) – A local rising Eagle Scout with a passion for music and reading has reached out to a […]