Literacy Programs

Feb

Hemacinto – Collects New Books for ACTION! Week

                      Students, firefighters, police officers and ladies of Assistance League of Hemicinto joined hands to stretch across the front of the Hemet Library Wednesday, Jan. 30, to kickoff a monthlong effort to collect new books for Hemet and San Jacinto elementary and middle school students. […]

Feb

Riverside – Collects Books for Literacy Drive

Assistance League of Riverside is conducting its seventh annual children’s book drive through Feb. 25. The books will be given to children clothed in the chapter’s Operation School Bell program. People may donate new or gently used books at the chapter’s Thrift Shop, 3707 Sunnyside Drive, Riverside. The shop is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday and 10 […]

Feb

Albuquerque – Hosts “Adventures in Reading”

Assistance League of Albuquerque will be hosting the Adventures in Reading event at two public libraries on Saturday, February 23rd.  Learn how to share adventures in reading with your child.  Attend a free story-telling hour with activities, free snacks, free books and other free stuff!. Help your child find their next adventure in a book.  (A […]

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Feb

Los Gatos-Saratoga – The Space Gal, Emily Calandrelli, Addressed Students in San Jose

What better combination for today’s students than a scientist/engineer who is also a children’s author?  Assistance League of Los Gatos-Saratoga is hosted Emily Calandrelli, children’s author and The Space Gal, to present two assemblies for students at schools in Campbell Union School District in January. In support of Assistance League’s programs providing STEM and Literacy […]

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Mar

Legacy of Literacy – National Assistance League Donates 100,000 Books

BURBANK, Calif., March 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — National Assistance League, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization with 120 chapters and 23,000 members nationally, announced today that its chapters collected or purchased more than 100,000 books which the organization donated to schools, libraries and other community organizations to support literacy among youth. Termed Legacy of Literacy, the program was initiated […]