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Operation School Bell: Our focus is on schools.<\/h3>\n

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Clothing<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Children in Contra Costa County are referred by local school districts to receive new clothing and shoes.<\/p>\n

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R.E.A.D.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Volunteers read monthly and provide books to second graders in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District.<\/p>\n

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Listen<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Volunteers <\/em>listen<\/em> to second grade readers in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District as the students practice and improve their reading skills.<\/p>\n

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Elementary Arts Discovery<\/strong><\/h4>\n

To encourage creative artistic expression in elementary students, our volunteers present projects and materials to classes each\u00a0 month.<\/p>\n

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The Kids on the Block<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Educational puppet shows about disabilities, safety issues and social problems are performed to schoolchildren in grades K thru 3.<\/p>\n

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Sunshine Boxes<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We provide shelf stable food for the weekend to students in the Pittsburg Unified School District.<\/p>\n

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Scholarships<\/h4>\n

This year, we awarded over $206,000 in financial aid for college expenses to deserving students.<\/p>\n

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Preschool R.E.A.D.<\/h4>\n

Our newest program. Volunteers read to preschool children once a week.<\/p>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Operation School Bell: Our focus is on schools. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”7156″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=””] Clothing Children in Contra Costa County are referred by local school districts to receive new clothing and shoes. [\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Learn More” color=”danger” size=”sm” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.assistanceleague.org%2Fdiablo-valley%2Fphilanthropic-programs%2Foperation-school-bell%2F|||”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”6626″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] R.E.A.D. Volunteers read monthly and provide books to second graders in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45755,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/diablo-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/diablo-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/diablo-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/diablo-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/diablo-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/diablo-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8691,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/diablo-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5227\/revisions\/8691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/diablo-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}