The Assisteens celebrated the winter holiday season by hosting a party for 60 students at Meadow Homes Elementary School in Concord on Sunday, December 14. Activities included face-painting, cookie decorating, and pin the nose on Rudolph. After a pizza lunch, the children were excited to have a visit by Santa who was welcomed with the […]

Diablo Magazine Threads of Hope honors Assistance League Diablo Valley volunteer Karen Douglas.  Karen has volunteered with our orgainzation for 23 years.  She helps to staff and manage our thrift shop in Lafayette, and has served on a variety of committees. Karen was nominated by Choice in Aging for whom she is a  board member […]

Our Operation School Bell® program provides new school clothes for children in grades TK-5. Parents of children in uniform schools place orders for new uniforms and shoes that our volunteers assemble and deliver in personalized totes.  For nonuniform schools, children and their parents shop with our volunteers for new clothes at Burlington in Pleasant Hill.  […]

Children enter foster care because of adult abuse and/or neglect. They lose contact with family, friends, pets and school.  Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Volunteers provide stable and consistent care, companionship, and mentoring during this difficult time and beyond. Emotional and financial help from organizations like Assistance League Diablo Valley help to fortify CASA’s goals.  […]

On October 8, thirty-six school children and their parents from the Martinez and Mount Diablo Unified School Districts shopped at Burlington Pleasant Hill as part of our Operation School Bell® program. Volunteers from Assistance League Diablo Valley were joined by our community partner: Martinez Refinery who provided 6 volunteers to help in the shopping.  Each […]

On September 29, Community Partners from Walnut Creek Rotary assisted Assistance League Diablo Valley Operation School Bell volunteers in providing uniforms for schoolchildren in Mt. Diablo and Pittsburg school districts.  Each child’s family placed orders for clothing through the school, and volunteers assembled the ordered uniforms into personalized reusable tote bags. Every bag contained 6 […]