Operation School Bell® Programs

Pasadena – SNAPS into Action to Help Students

Assistance League of Pasadena members rallied this summer to support Friends in Deed’s annual backpack drive. Friends in Deed is an interfaith organization that provides supportive services to meet basic human needs, so our homeless and at-risk neighbors can rebuild their lives. By providing over $1,500 worth of school supplies to support the backpack drive, […]

Northern Virginia – Books Distributed to Northern Virginia Elementary School Students — Promotes Summer Reading

Last month, in response to the COVID-19 crisis and through a partnership with Scholastic Books, Assistance League of Northern Virginia provided hundreds of new books to elementary school children in Manassas, Alexandria, and Springfield. The books were distributed to students through school staff who worked hard to get them to the children who needed them […]

Southeastern Michigan – Provides Backpacks with School Supplies

Assistance League partners with Neighborhood House and Ascension Providence Rochester to provide new backpacks full of school supplies for area children. Last year, the nonprofits distributed supplies to 488 students in the Rochester area. “We recognize that many people feel safer at home, so donors can now place an order on Amazon and have the […]

Greater Wilmington – Legacy of Literacy

With the return to school just weeks away, the Bolivia Elementary School media center has a brand new selection of children’s literature thanks to the generosity of Assistance League of Greater Wilmington. Tillie Lehmer, Mary Jo Harris, Jan Jacobsen and Pam Moody organized a book drive to benefit a school in New Hanover and Brunswick […]

Los Altos – Receives Congressional Recognition for COVID Food Relief Program

Anna A. Georges Eshoo, the U.S. Representative from California’s 18th congressional district, serving since 1993read about the Assistance League of Los AltosCovid-19 Food Relief Program from an article in the paper. Here is the link: https://www.losaltosonline.com/news/sections/news/405-coronavirus/62363-los-altos-nonprofit-aims-to-bridge-grocery-gap-for-people-in-need This was a joint effort by chapter members and the school community to organize this unprecedented effort to help […]

Klamath Basin – Findables Store Reopens to Raise Funds for Klamath Basin Youth

Findables closed temporarily in March due to COVID-19 restrictions but reopened June 18. The store accepts donated furniture and household items in decent condition. The same items are also accepted on consignment; the profit on consignment items is split 50/50 between Findables and the customer if an item is sold. The chapter recently began advertising […]