• Lafayette’s Mah-Jongg Mentor Funds Programs

    Posted by JW Anthony on January 7, 2026

    For over 15 years Alice Stern, Lafayette resident and member of Assistance League Diablo Valley has taught Mah-Jongg classes to over 200 women.  All proceeds from the classes have…


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  • Assisteens® Holiday Party

    Posted by JW Anthony on December 21, 2025

    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…


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  • Threads Of Hope…

    Posted by JW Anthony on December 11, 2025

    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…


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  • New School Clothes for 3,600 Children

    Posted by JW Anthony on December 9, 2025

    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…


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  • We Support CASA

    Posted by JW Anthony on November 5, 2025

    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…


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  • Martinez Refinery Volunteers

    Posted by JW Anthony on October 8, 2025

    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…


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  • Rotary Assists our Clothing Program

    Posted by JW Anthony on September 29, 2025

    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…


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  • THE BEST!

    Posted by JW Anthony on March 25, 2025

    East Bay Times readers voted Assistance League Thrift Shop best in 2025.  We were voted best Thrift Shop, best Gift Store, and and runer-up for best Jewelry Store.  Thank…


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  • Everybody Wins

    Posted by JW Anthony on October 30, 2021

    Our Operation School Bell – Clothing member volunteers welcomed employee volunteers from the Martinez Refining Company who, in turn, helped students shop for school clothes at Burlington, Pleasant Hill. …


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  • 5,000 Calls!

    Posted by JW Anthony on July 31, 2021

    5,000 + phone calls were made to seniors last year by our trained TeleCare volunteers.  If you know someone who could benefit from this free program, call…


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