21
Sep
Visalia – Hosts Operation School Bell Event for Tulare County
Assistance League of Visalia will hold an “Operation School Bell®” event Sunday to help clothe Tulare County children in need. More than 40 volunteers of the Assistance League will help provide new clothing for 275 children — many of whom are reluctant to go to school because they do not have suitable clothes, the organization said. Children and families […]
Sep
Kansas City – Helps Kids Start School in Style
GLADSTONE, Mo. — Most kids look forward to getting new clothes to start the school year. But a lot of families can’t afford to buy those clothes. That’s where Operation School Bell® comes in. View the newscast. The nonprofit is helping students all over Kansas City start the new school year in style. The inside looks […]
08
Sep
Temecula Valley – Opens Operation School Bell
A new school year underway to many parents means spending hundreds of dollars on their children’s clothing. Assistance League of Temecula Valley partnered with Kohl’s in Temecula to alleviate this burden by offering $125 for low-income families to buy their student’s clothes for the school year. Operation School Bell began in 1989 in Temecula and […]
04
Sep
Bend – Partners with Walmart for Operation School Bell
Do you remember shopping for new school shoes, or bringing home a new winter coat? Deciding on your outfit for the first day of school? Thousands of students in Deschutes County have never had this traditional back-to-school experience. In fact, many of them have never shopped for new clothes or shoes, or owned clothes that […]
27
Mar
Legacy of Literacy – National Assistance League Donates 100,000 Books
BURBANK, Calif., March 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — National Assistance League, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization with 120 chapters and 23,000 members nationally, announced today that its chapters collected or purchased more than 100,000 books which the organization donated to schools, libraries and other community organizations to support literacy among youth. Termed Legacy of Literacy, the program was initiated […]
26
Feb
Houston – Celebrates Legacy of Literacy with Head Start
Families with children gathered to celebrate the Legacy of Literacy Day on Saturday morning in the northeast Houston neighborhood of Denver Harbor. At the Head Start literacy event, which was open to the public, children played games, won prizes, completed arts and crafts, had their faces painted and chose books to take home after listening […]
