13
Mar
Northern Virginia – Assistance League ACTION!Week
Every year at the end of February, the 120 chapters of the Assistance League organization participate in ACTION!Week, an initiative to celebrate the birthday of founder Anne Banning by helping children to grow and know that others care about them. Each chapter devises its own plan to help children in need. For many years, our [...]
05
Mar
Santa Barbara – Las Aletas serve as philanthropic angels in community
From left, Las Alestas volunteers Patti Beal, Shannon Ashamalla and Laura Ciontea gather in the Assistance League Thrift Shop, where they help the community. They are called Las Aletas, which is Spanish for “The Little Wings.” “And the wings we wear are the angel variety as we fly low under the radar creating miracles in [...]
Mar
St. Louis – Assistance League Thinking Inside & Outside the Box
Assistance League of St. Louis Member volunteers have designed a unique Virtual Book Festival in a Box for two Urban League Head Start Programs and teachers. Inside the Box is a magical flash drive containing a video Puppet Show written and performed by the volunteers, plus 14 story time vignettes, and suggestions for classroom activities. [...]
21
Feb
Montgomery County – Assistance presented 900 children’s books to Creighton Elementary School
Assistance League of Montgomery County purchased 900 children’s books from the thrift shop and presented them to Creighton Elementary School. Additionally, 60 donated books we received at our chapter Christmas party, and 253 additional books bought from the thrift shop were given to Greenleaf Elementary School; making a total of 1213 books donated to the [...]
Feb
Georgetown – Reading and More on Google Meet – Virtual Story Hours
For almost 20 years, elementary school students in Jarrell have been reading to Assistance League of Georgetown Area volunteers during a special pull-out program called Reading and More. Volunteers who have been trained with strategies to use for word identification and comprehension meet one-on-one with students during the school day to help them improve their [...]
22
Jan
Bend – Assistance League provides tutoring scholarships
Through its Operation School Bell® Program, Assistance League of Bend is pleased to present scholarships to nine deserving students for additional tutoring. Assistance League, a 21 Cares for Kids partner, is partnering with Bloom Tutors, a company that works with local substitute teachers who are in need of work due to COVID-19, to provide weekly tutoring […]
