Chapter News

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Aug

Boise – Free School Supplies Benefit 12,500 Students

Nearly $77,000 in school supplies are being delivered to Treasure Valley K-8 schools this week, thanks to the Assistance League of Boise. Volunteers are sorting, packing and delivering boxes to 95 Boise, Meridian and Kuna schools. “There is so much need for students to have new school supplies,” said Laurel Neilson, chairwoman of Operation School Supplies. […]

17

Aug

Greeley – Operation School Bell in Greeley-Evans School District

Assistance League Chapter President Joan Ingmanson (back right) provided assistance to Antonio Duran with school uniform pick-up at Bella Romero Academy K-3 Campus today.  The  uniforms are provided to 5 Greeley-Evans School District 6 elementary school under the philanthropic program, Operation School Bell®.  The program is funded by the local chapter which provided uniforms to Bella […]

Aug

Santa Clarita – Helping Children in Hart School District

Operation school bell is ringing.[sic] That’s the name Assistance League Santa Clarita has given its program to help clothe needy children in Santa Clarita. More than $300,000 in new clothes and shoes will go to 2,760 students across the Santa Clarita Valley, with more than 1,000 Hart School District students receiving the gift. “As a […]

16

Aug

Indianapolis – Gives CBS4 a Tour of New Facility

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The school year is now in full swing for most of central Indiana, but some families don’t have the money to give their young students everything they need as they go back to class. This includes basics, like clothing and even underwear. Operation School Bell® has been helping families for decades, but […]

15

Aug

Montgomery County – Honors Scholarship Recipients

Assistance League of Montgomery County honored their 2015-16 scholarship recipients at a reception on August 6th at the Board Room of the Assistance League Thrift Shop. Eighteen recipients and their guests attended and shared meaningful personal testimonials and connected with each other. Among the honorees was Lutishie Taylor. Taylor was one of the first recipients […]

14

Aug

Santa Clarita – Member Describes Impact of Operation School Bell

Above our kitchen table growing up, there hung a large black and white framed picture of four children sitting on a dilapidated porch eating watermelon. Only one of the boys had shoes on, the eldest boy who gazed boldly at the camera. The other children were barefoot, except for my father who had one shoe […]