Impact Stories

20

Mar

Conejo Valley – Nonprofit of the Year

Marilyn Adam shared a heartwarming personal story during the introduction of the Nonprofit of the Year award acceptance at the Recognition Gala hosted by the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce.  It demonstrated how life goes full circle.  Fifteen years ago her two year old daughter Allison was comforted by one of our Share-A-Bears at […]

18

Mar

Kansas City – Collaborates to Raise Awareness of Sexual Assault

April Sexual Assault Awareness Month Assistance League of Kansas City collaboration with MOCSA and MADI Definition of Assault: noun:  a sudden violent attack; an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt to do violence to another Definition of Survivor: noun:  a person that continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition or setbacks; to […]

03

Mar

Laguna Beach – Early Intervention Program Works

Rock-a-Bye Babies It’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that I am currently the grandmother of 10 and a great-grandmother of two. Even more, being a grandmother in this technologically intense world means more face time on Skype or Facebook so that I can access current photos and captured moments before my children’s […]

25

Feb

Palm Springs Desert Area – Hosts Baby Shower for Military Wives

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms PALM DESERT, Calif. – Combat Center new and expectant mothers were treated to a baby shower luncheon from the Assistance League of Palm Springs Desert Area at the Oasis Country Club in Palm Desert, Calif., Feb. 16, 2016. “We are hosting this luncheon for first-time expectant mothers […]

07

Feb

Greater Placer – Scholarship Success

View this YouTube video on the impact of Greater Placer’s scholarship program.

30

Jan

Birmingham – Toothbrushes Make a Difference

As part of the Operation School Bell program, volunteer Caroline Williams recounts: “It seems such a trivial thing – but I was working downstairs with a little boy and I was showing him a hygiene kit,” Williams said. “I showed him that in this bag we have shampoo and soap and a toothbrush and he […]