Chapter News

Northern Virginia – Teams Up with Hair Cuttery for Free Haircuts

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! During the first two weeks of August (1-15), every time a child, up to age 18, purchases a haircut, Hair Cuttery will donate a free haircut certificate to a child in need. Last year, with the help of this program, Assistance League of Northern Virginia distributed 400 free haircut certificates to students in […]

Long Beach – Receives Building Bridges Award from from California Conference for Equality and Justice

A whopping $150,000 was raised at the 53rd Annual California Conference for Equality and Justice’s Humanitarian Awards Dinner held on May 25 at the Hyatt Regency. The 350 attendees were welcomed by CCEJ chair Minnie Douglas, with dinner co-chairs Julie and Walter Larkins opening the program by introducing the 40 past honorees by year. Four […]

Laguna Beach – Awards Scholarships to High School Graduates

The Assistance League of Laguna Beach  recently awarded a total of $25,000 in scholarships to five graduates of Laguna Beach High School. Scholarship recipients are Michael Beu, Hannah Budroe, Marcus Gunell, Molly McMillen and Eden Young.  A first thank you has arrived from Eden who will be attending Loyola. She is planning on “…going into […]

Metro Columbus – Presents Ada Edwards Laughlin Award to Margaret Lutz

Margaret Lutz received the Ada Edwards Laughlin Award at the Metro Columbus chapter annual meeting on May 23, 2016.  The award was named for the co-founder of Assistance League, a woman who was less visible, but filled the role of hardworking behind-the-scenes assistant to Ann Banning, the founder. Margaret signed the original charter as a […]

Visalia – Receives Rotary Grant for Operation School Bell

Five Visalia Rotary clubs are awarding grants to local community groups that will fund the purchase of computers, 3D printers, parking lots, a freezer, computers and stage lighting. The 2016 grants, totaling $100,000, come from donations to the Visalia Rotary Community Foundation. The Foundation is a joint effort of five Visalia Rotary clubs and the […]

San Bernardino – Installs New Board of Directors

Assistance League of San Bernardino thanked their out-going executive board and welcomed the incoming 2016-2017 executive board Monday night at their chapter house in San Bernardino during their annual meeting. “My year as president has been extremely smooth and successful due to the fact that our board of directors has been a group of tireless […]