Operation School Bell® Programs

Northern Virginia – Final School Year Food Distribution

Assistance League of Northern Virginia recently held its final Weekend Food for Kids food packing event for the current school year.  Chapter members along with Dominion Energy – Virginia employees packed 1660 bags of assorted nonperishable food that were distributed to six elementary schools in Fairfax and Prince William counties.  A seventh school was provided […]

San Antonio – Helps Children Step Into Summer

Through Assistance League of San Antonio’s Operation School Bell® Program 560 students from Jackson-Keller Elementary School, North East Independent School District, received a brand new pair of shoes along with six pairs of socks on May 16, 2022. Member volunteers fitted the children with the new shoes and were rewarded with proud smiles, hugs, and [...]

Mid-Missouri – Grant for Winter Coats from Boone Electric Community Trust

Boone Electric Community Trust, of Columbia, Missouri, provided Assistance League of Mid-Missouri with a $10,000 grant to purchase winter coats for area children through Operation School Bell ®.  “The Trust is excited to provide this funding to Assistance League of Mid-Missouri”, Trust Chair Craig Stevenson says, “Knowing that the Trust is supporting this group’s efforts […]

Northern Virginia – Prepares 1660 April Food Bags

Assistance League of Northern Virginia held another successful food packing recently and assembled 1660 bags that contained an assortment of nonperishable food to sustain elementary school students over the weekend when school-supplied meals are not available.  We first launched a food program in 2010 and since then we’ve named the program Weekend Food for Kids and expanded […]

Northern Virginia – Prepare Toiletries and Bedtime Bundles for Distribution

Assistance League of Northern Virginia members gathered recently to pack toiletries and bedtime bundles for students at three local elementary schools.  We formed two assembly lines and one group put toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap and shampoo in bags and quickly assembled 144 packages, with 48 kits to be delivered to each of the three schools.  The second […]

Northern Virginia – Food Packing Event

This month’s Food Packing event was even more memorable because our two organizations joined in recognizing a Dominion employee who had been a tireless helper at our food packings.  Ron (center) not only arrived early to help open the cartons of items to be packed and place the cartons at the correct packing station on […]