Assisteen Katie Dessel organized Operation Gratitude, a letter writing campaign to express continued appreciation to the first responders and hospital workers in our community who tirelessly fight on the front lines against COVID-19. With the help of Assisteens and her school mates at Pacifica Christian Academy, Katie gathered over 200 letters in her January campaign. […]

Our Philanthropic Programs celebrated Assistance League’s founder Ann Banning’s birthday in February with service opportunities all month long!  This event is celebrated across all Assistance League chapters across the nation.  Our members have been simply amazing this entire month proving to children less fortunate that we care! LUNCH LOVE  Our members have made and delivered 2,430 Sack Lunches for […]

Oftentimes homelessness is a barrier to truly enjoying the wonderful things the holiday season has to offer.  By putting together stockings full of toys, treats and everyday necessities, our Assisteens made the holidays even more special for 48 Newport-Mesa children experiencing homelessness. Their service project, Hopeful Stockings, was a collaborative effort between the Assistance League […]

Our Operation School Bell program converted to a Pack and Deliver method this year. We packed clothing items for individual students and delivered the bags directly to the schools. The bags were labeled with the students name and grade. The school then distributed the bags of clothing.  Each bag contained 2 shirts, 2 pairs of […]

The Assisteens have wrapped and delivered over 100 bears this year to the Newport Beach and Costa Mesa fire departments.  They take the bears with them when they go out on calls and give them to children experiencing trauma or in need of a bear hug!

For our November Chapter meeting we had small group gatherings at the park, at the Lido clubhouse and at various members homes and back yards to create Thanksgiving baskets for 13 of our Dental Center families in need. The look of surprise and delight on their faces as they picked up the baskets from our […]