{"id":708,"date":"2014-10-29T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T06:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imicreationlive.com\/gaea\/?page_id=708"},"modified":"2019-10-16T12:31:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T17:31:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/hemacinto\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1450037536845{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Who We Are&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]Assistance League of Hemacinto\u00a0is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that puts caring and commitment into action through\u00a0philanthropic programs in the communities of Hemet and San Jacinto.\u00a0 Member volunteers are dedicated to ongoing support and a long-term presence in the community through hands-on involvement and innovative philanthropic programs.<\/p>\n<p>Since its charter in 1979, Assistance League of Hemacinto member volunteers have consistently provided quality service to the community. \u00a0During the 2015-2016 year, 92 members contributed 24,000 volunteer hours.<\/p>\n<p>Our major philanthropic program is Operation School Bell<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, which provides new clothing to elementary children referred to us by school personnel in the Hemet and San Jacinto Unified School Districts.<\/p>\n<p>The Thrift Shop is our main source of funding. Donations are always welcome and are tax deductible.<\/p>\n<p>We also depend upon grant support and donations from local businesses and individuals in our community.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Mission Statement&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]Assistance League of Hemacinto is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) philanthropic volunteer organization chartered in 1979 that develops and implements community based philanthropic projects.<\/p>\n<p>Our founders had a vision in 1976 when Hemacinto Assistance League was organized as a Guild, and after three years, Hemacinto received a Charter from the National Office.<\/p>\n<p>Today their vision is being carried on by dedicated volunteers who contribute over 12,000 service hours a year helping local children in need. We hope your visit to our website gives you a deeper understanding of the needs of so many living in our community.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Strategic Plan&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1450037536845{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Who We Are&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]Assistance League of Hemacinto\u00a0is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that puts caring and commitment into action through\u00a0philanthropic programs in the communities of Hemet and San Jacinto.\u00a0 Member volunteers are dedicated to ongoing support and a long-term presence in the community through hands-on involvement and innovative philanthropic programs. Since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-708","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/hemacinto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/hemacinto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/hemacinto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/hemacinto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/hemacinto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/hemacinto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4869,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/hemacinto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708\/revisions\/4869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/hemacinto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}