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Oct
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 […]
22
Oct
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 […]
Oct
Los Gatos – Prepares Distance Learning Materials
Lynette Key, a volunteer from Assistance League of Los Gatos-Saratoga, assembles STEM kits for students in the Campbell Union School District to use with their distance learning curriculum. While the chapter’s projects have traditionally supported classroom learning, the district asked the organization to pivot to help support online instruction. Students in the Campbell Union School […]
Oct
Klamath Basin – Receives Pacific Power Foundation Grant for Operation School Bell
The Pacific Power Foundation awarded the Assistance League of Klamath Basin a grant in the amount of $2,500 to assist in transforming the lives of children and adults through community programs, according to a news release. Specifically, “this grant will support Operation School Bell®, which is one of the primary philanthropic programs of the Assistance […]
12
Oct
Klamath Basin – Resumes Operation School Bell
Even though education is mostly virtual these days, Assistance League of Klamath Basin is partnering once again with local schools to provide new shoes and clothing for local students. Operation School Bell® is the league’s primary philanthropic program. Its purpose is to provide new, school-appropriate clothing for children in need in the Klamath Basin, […]
12
Sep
North Coast – Participates on Chapters for Children Event
Assistance League of North Coast was one of seven Assistance League Chapters from San Diego County and neighboring Orange, and Riverside Counties to join together for the annual Chapters for Children event, which provides back to school clothing to school age children of Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton and is part of the nonprofit’s Operation […]
