Assistance League

Indianapolis – Receive Winter Hats from Beyond Monumental

INDIANAPOLIS – (Dec. 23 2016) Beyond Monumental has made a donation of 4,000 winter hats to local charities that assist those in need. The 2016 finish line gift at the CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K for all runners and walkers was a brightly colored commemorative winter hat. The surplus of these hats […]

Tucson – Receives Grant from Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks: As part of the D-backs Give Back program, three Tucson organizations were awarded grants of $5,000 each. D-backs employees raised a total of $50,000 and selected 10 organizations across Arizona to receive the funds. The winning organizations are: Assistance League of Tucson, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson and La Paloma Family Services. […]

St. Louis – Featured in Talk of the Town

For the last few years, charities as a whole have gotten a bit of a black eye based on what percentage of each dollar raised actually goes toward the mission. In too many cases, too much has been spent on ‘administrative costs’ and CEO salaries, according to some complaints. Well, some are better than others. […]

Flintridge – Participants in Instrumental Music Program Hold Concert

Nearly 225 budding musicians celebrated the arrival of winter and the coming holiday season last week in an annual Winter Concert presented by the Assistance League of Flintridge. Held at Lanterman Auditorium, the event was designed to showcase the talents of La Cañada Unified fourth-through sixth-graders enrolled in ALF’s Instrumental Music Program as well as […]

Kansas City – Northland charities help put the ‘merry’ into Christmas

The countdown is on for the holidays as people scurry to buy and wrap presents, bake treats and connect with loved ones. But for those who struggle even to buy groceries, never mind gifts, the season isn’t full of festive fun. Some may not have loved ones to spend time with, or even a home […]

Rancho San Dieguito – Receives Grant from Solana Beach City Council

The Solana Beach City Council, in an early Christmas present for nine local nonprofit groups, was able to fund all of the requests it received through the city’s annual community grant program. “That is a super rare event,” said Mayor Mike Nichols, after the council voted unanimously to fund the entire list of $41,900 in […]