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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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Parking Lot Sale Huge Success
On October 31, shoppers lined up, socially distanced of course, to get special bargains, have lots of safe fun, and purchase from our usual wonderful collection of quality, gently-used…
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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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Little Free Library Box
Assistance League Diablo Valley recently installed a Little Free Library Box, Take a Book -Share a Book, in front of its chapter house at 2711 Buena Avenue Ave, Walnut…
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Thrift Shop at the Way Side is Open
Assistance League Thrift Shop at the Way Side Inn is open for business! Newly extended open hours: Tuesday -Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donations gratefully accepted during open hours. Thank…
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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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