Scholarships

Greater Placer – Shares Scholarship Success Stories

Five Heartwarming Scholarship Successes Assistance League of Greater Placer’s Scholarship Program was established in 2004.  Graduating high school students from selected alternative education programs which participated in our Competencies for Independent Living Program were offered an opportunity to apply for a scholarship to a college or trade school. Laura Spitzer shares in an interview how […]

Greater Portland – New Trades Scholarship Awarded

Long after his death, Bill Smith continues to give back. Smith was a successful businessman, owning the family-run Albina Co., Inc., a structural steel and metal fabrication company in Tualatin. As someone who got his educational start in a career technical program, Smith was disappointed to see trades programs disappearing from high schools and the […]

Rancho San Dieguito – Presents Camp Scholarships

The Assistance League of Rancho San Dieguito June 17 presented a $3,375 donation to the Del Mar Union School District in support of scholarships to the 6th Grade Outdoor Education Camp Program. Pat Talmon, vice president of philanthropic programs, on behalf of the Rancho San Dieguito Assistance League, presented the contribution to Shelley Petersen, assistant […]

Everett – Graduates Thankful for Awards

The handwritten notes answer why the women spend hours in the thrift store folding clothes and sorting dishes or why they take on cleaning out houses for money-raising estate sales. The notes remind them that their efforts mean something to young people whose lives are affected by poverty. “Over the years I’ve been in school […]

Southern Utah – Hitting the Books with Preschoolers

Educators have been left with some positive results now that a literacy program for preschoolers has wrapped up its first year in three area schools. The 3-month program, started by the Assistance League of Southern Utah, is geared to help students in Title I preschools meet state academic standards, one book at a time. Since […]

Laguna Beach – Early Intervention Program Works

Rock-a-Bye Babies It’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that I am currently the grandmother of 10 and a great-grandmother of two. Even more, being a grandmother in this technologically intense world means more face time on Skype or Facebook so that I can access current photos and captured moments before my children’s […]