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May
Greater Cincinnati – News Interview on Foster Child Assistance Program
Emergency foster placement leaves little to no time to pack. Due to the opioid crisis, family members who step up to care for the child are left with few resources. One local group of volunteers ensures these children have essential items. Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati supplies socks, t-shirts, underwear and diapers. Rosanna Nelson and Phyllis Dix […]
May
Greater Cincinnati – Kinship Foster Care Program – The Need is Immense
How diapers, socks and underwear help hundreds of Hamilton County kids in the child welfare system ‘The need is immense’ The call came for Tamecka Jones at 6:30 in the morning: Her baby nieces were being removed from their mother’s custody. Would she take them? Jones didn’t hesitate. “Foster care sounds bad to families,” she […]
16
May
Albuquerque – 7th Grader Partners to Provide Shoes
Many are going above and beyond for the community. Local 7th grader, Ahava Greenhood needed to choose a cause in the community to donate to for her Bat Mitzvah project and is using her passion for running to help those in need. An avid runner who participates in cross country, Ahava realized that many children don’t […]
15
May
the Eastside – Produces Video on Starting Over Program
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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. […]
