Literacy Programs

Fullerton – Assistance League Of Fullerton Receives 350 Headsets For Local School Children To Complete Part Ii Of A $7,700 Grant Received From Ocean Subaru Of Fullerton And Women’s Club Of Fullerton

Assistance League of Fullerton is the grateful recipient of Part II of a $7,700 grant from the Women’s Club of Fullerton (WCOF) courtesy of Ocean Subaru of Fullerton. An earlier contribution of $3,000 (Part I) supported Assistance League’s Operation New Start program for adults and children leaving abusive environments or who are homeless. Part II […]

Amador Valley – Adapts Donations to Help Students with Online Learning

Assistance League of Amador Valley changed its back-to-school giving this year, buying headphones for students instead of clothes. Each year the group supports Operation School Bell®, spending up to $150 per child to make sure they have new clothes to go back to school. Volunteers traditionally have met children at Kohl’s, one on one, to […]

Rancho San Dieguito – Provides Hygiene Kits to Solana Beach Head Start Children

Assistance League Rancho San Dieguito recently assembled and delivered hygiene kits to 60 children at Solana Beach Head Start. The kits containing toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, shampoo, conditioner, bubble bath, body lotion, and kids’ band aids were sent home with the children who have begun on-site learning and to those who are still at home. Assistance […]

Northern Virginia – Books Distributed to Northern Virginia Elementary School Students — Promotes Summer Reading

Last month, in response to the COVID-19 crisis and through a partnership with Scholastic Books, Assistance League of Northern Virginia provided hundreds of new books to elementary school children in Manassas, Alexandria, and Springfield. The books were distributed to students through school staff who worked hard to get them to the children who needed them […]

Greater Wilmington – Legacy of Literacy

With the return to school just weeks away, the Bolivia Elementary School media center has a brand new selection of children’s literature thanks to the generosity of Assistance League of Greater Wilmington. Tillie Lehmer, Mary Jo Harris, Jan Jacobsen and Pam Moody organized a book drive to benefit a school in New Hanover and Brunswick […]

the Chesapeake – Responds to COVID by Donating Computers

Assistance League Members Donate 30 Chromebook Computers to Families at Georgetown East Elementary School and Meade Heights Elementary School New computers give underserved students the resources they need. With its usual programs on hiatus due to the pandemic, Assistance League of the Chesapeake members wanted to continue to make contributions to the community. Vice President […]