Thrift Event Calendar
Please note: This calendar is for viewing purposes only. Please refer to the appropriate Sign Up Genius to volunteer.
Cheri Harris Dental Center
Volunteer Sign Up
Tuesdays before Ortho Friday and Ortho Friday Sign Ups.
PLEASE NOTE: Starting July 29, 2025, Dental Center Volunteer sign ups are moving to a Sign Up Genius
2025 Festival of Children
September 2025 marks the 24th Annual Festival of Children at South Coast Plaza.
Assistance League of Newport-Mesa is one of 70 children’s charities that will be participating to highlight our philanthropic programs as well as The Kids on the Block and our Assisteens program. Volunteers will offer passerby’s the opportunity to make friendship bracelets while learning about our organization and programs.
ALNM will be attending the last two weekends of September – 9/20 & 9/21 and 9/27 & 9/28.
Please note, due to an All Assisteen Meeting on Sunday, September 28th, we will need adult ALNM Chapter members to volunteer this day. Thank you & please contact the Admin Office with any questions.
NorthEast of the Well SUG
High Schoolers, join NorthEast of the Well on Monday nights at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church from 6pm-8pm to help babysit (infant to 12 years old). We encourage you to sign up and spend a couple hours with cute kiddos. Although at a church, you are babysitting and not involved in a religious activity. Please contact Kelly Ebright at (949) 294-4702 or by email at teamebright@gmail.com if you are interested or with any questions.Thank you!
This opportunity is for 9th – 12th graders only.
2025 Operation School Bell (OSB) Work Parties
This is one of our biggest programs at Assistance League – if you have not been able to experience it before, now is the time to sign up! It is a great way for you and your Assisteen to interact with families in the community; helping them with uniforms and clothing for the upcoming school year.
OSB Distribution Days are in August, but we need a lot of help preparing for them. We are hosting work parties at Assistance League for AL’s Closet, Book Brigade and the OSB program in general. Please see below to sign up for a work party and get involved!
2025 OSB Distribution Days
Sign up to help out with 2025 OSB Distribution Days in August – we need all the help we can get!
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In order to help you get acquainted with the OSB Distribution program, the 2024 Assisteen OSB Chairs (Ally, Althea, and Nikka) put together a video of a typical walk through on the day of the event.
Please take the time to watch the informative video and familiarize yourself with the different “shopping” areas and volunteer positions.
AL’s Clothing Drive
Drop off donations July 1 – 26 in the bin located in the Garden Room in AL’s Closet
AL’s Closet is holding a Clothing Drive for the entire month of July to collect clothes for OSB Distribution Days. Please bring gently used clothing for students entering K-12th grade (boys and girls). There will be a bin located in the Garden Room in AL s Closet where you can drop off your items. We ask everyone to bring clothes in by July 26th.
Track It Forward Hours Credit = Operation School Bell, Notes: AL’s Closet
5 pieces of clothing = 1 hour, maximum of 2 hours
Hygiene Kits
Drop off donations for both the months of June and July in the marked boxes “OSB Hygiene Kits” outside the Admin Office upstairs.
Donate travel size toiletries to help OSB make Hygiene kits. They would like travel size: shampoos, conditioner, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soaps, lotions, and deodorants.
Items must be travel size, unopened, and unexpired.
Track it Forward Hours Credit = Operation School Bell, Notes: Hygiene Kits
5 items = 1 hour, maximum of 2 hours
Book Brigade is always happy to accept books. If you would like to host a Book Drive on your own, please see instructions below. They are looking for gently-used books for all grade levels PreK – 12th. Please no inappropriate, religious or marked-up books.
- Flyers are attached for instructions on how to hold a Book Drive and a flyer to help advertise your book drive.
- If you decide to host a book drive, please keep a log of how much time you spent reaching out to people and picking up/dropping off books. Log that time under OSB and write in the Notes:“Individual Book Drive” and how many books you collected.
Outside Hours Community Service Form
Once you reach your 30 hours of Assistance League hours, you may include up to 15 hours of outside philanthropy. This can help you as you strive for a service award. Outside hours cannot be counted until you have reached your 30 Assistance League related hours. You must have a signed Outside Hours Form for these to count.
* Please do not enter your additional outside hours (beyond the 15 outside hours) into Track it Forward.