20
Mar
San Antonio – Jacket Jamborees
What better way to serve Title 1 schools in January/February but to ensure that every child enrolled has a brand-new winter jacket…and that is exactly what the San Antonio chapter has been doing. Yes, it gets cold in San Antonio, Texas too. Operation School Bell®️ leadership determined that we had the capability, the jackets, and […]
17
Mar
Through their Operation School Bell program, Assistance League of Bend is providing new clothing to 950 local students this winter. Like the fall clothing campaign, students shop for new school clothes at the Redmond and Bend Walmart stores on designated shopping days. Assistance League of Bend partners with the Family Access Network advocates at each school to […]
Mar
Northern Virginia – Hygiene Lessons
Assistance League of Northern Virginia has provided toiletry items to students at selected elementary schools for many years. Since the pandemic, we have expanded that effort and provide toiletry kits to older students at several schools. The kits contain a hairbrush and comb, soap, shampoo, toothbrush & toothpaste, and deodorant. In January, our members packed […]
14
Feb
Through their Operation School Bell® program, Assistance League of Bend recently provided 42 clothing bundles to Every Child Central Oregon to distribute to children who are entering the foster care system or are being moved from one foster home to another. Children entering the foster care system are often taken from their homes very quickly with […]
Feb
Bellingham – Books for Alderwood Students
A chance meeting leads to books for Alderwood students. It was a journey that led to a chance encounter and culminated in a most serendipitous ending. It sounds like the making of a great novel, but in this incredible true story, it’s exactly what happened this past fall when two people seated next to each […]
07
Dec
Greater Placer – Operation School Bell®
If you have, or have ever had, children in a local school system, you undoubtedly have heard of Operation School Bell® (OSB). It’s the one premier community program that all 120 Assistance League® chapters offer nationwide. OSB is the solid rock upon which Assistance League was founded. Local public K-12 schoolteachers and administrators have, for […]