Operation School Bell® Programs

San Jose – How to form a Partnership

We all know the cliché “thirty years of work to become an overnight success”!  This cliché does not only apply to actors achieving stardom, but to those in nonprofits who work hard and steadily to form partnerships with a business or corporation.  Thus is the case with the partnership that Jerri Kazmierzcak, a member of […]

St. Louis – Assistance League Shares Love of Reading & Fun with St. Louis Area Children!

Friday, October 30, Assistance League’s 16 volunteer members in the costumes of children’s book characters paraded before the center’s infants, toddlers and preschoolers after the children enjoyed videotaped book readings and a puppet show— also created by Assistance League. Each child then received two, age-appropriate books while meeting and posing for photos with puppets and […]

Boise – Celebrates 40 Years Serving the Community

Assistance League of Boise is celebrating 40 years of service to Ada County and recently Canyon County. To mark the occasion, Gov. Brad Little and Garden City Mayor John Evans issued proclamations acknowledging their commitment and service to the community. Since its inception, Assistance League of Boise has provided new school clothes to more than […]

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 […]

Northern Virginia – Adapts Programs to COVID Conditions

Assistance League of Northern Virginia distributed another 400 $20 grocery gift cards in October to families at the six schools that normally would have received the Weekend Food for Kids food bags. The charity’s contacts at those schools have relayed the deep appreciation of the recipient families. Those expressions of gratitude include one from a […]

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 […]