4,000 Boxes of Food

Our Sunshine Boxes Program donated 4,000 boxes of food for the weekend (valued at $52,000) to children and their families in need during fiscal year 2020-21. Our volunteers fill the boxes with…

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Anne Banning Award Presented

Arlita Smith recently received the Anne Banning Leadership Award named after the founder of Assistance League, who promoted the growth of effective volunteerism through leadership and education. This award demonstrates the…

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Assistance League – Better Than Chocolate.

Thank you to Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek, CA for providing a former Godiva chocolate store for a display of Assistance League’s philanthropic programs.  Stop by to see samples…

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Share the Spirit!

Sororo Tamayo-Perez grew up fighting the sense that she was not “college material”. Her immigrant parents had struggled to support their three children with low-wage jobs.  Then Assistance League…

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Shopping For the Homeless at Old Navy

Recently, member volunteers were “personal shoppers” at Old Navy Store, in Concord, as part of Operation School Bell®’ Common Threads program to benefit homeless students identified by…

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Join Us – Feed Hungry Children

Join us in making a difference to hungry school children! Donate at Assistance League Diablo Valley GoFundMe Each week, thousands of schoolchildren lack food over the weekend,…

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Food for Families

Assistance League Diablo Valley launched Food for Families food drive to support Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County. Recently 500 flyers were distributed to neighbors by Assisteens® to…

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Share the Spirit – Thank You East Bay Times!

We are excited to announce that Assistance League Diablo Valley has received funding for our Common Threads Program: Clothes Shopping for Homeless Youth. Thanks to EastBayTimes and their readers…

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