Northern Virginia – National Volunteer Month and Member Recruitment
At the start of National Volunteer Month, Assistance League of Northern Virginia recognized ALL member volunteers who have had such a profound impact on students and families in their community since founding as a guild in 1999 and as a chapter in 2004. Everyone is encouraged to choose a cause and volunteer! Feel the empowerment […]
Apr
Northern Virginia – Food Packing Event
This month’s Food Packing event was even more memorable because our two organizations joined in recognizing a Dominion employee who had been a tireless helper at our food packings. Ron (center) not only arrived early to help open the cartons of items to be packed and place the cartons at the correct packing station on […]
Apr
Northern Virginia – Clothing for Kids
Assistance League of Northern Virginia made additional deliveries of clothing to students at five local elementary schools to fulfill each school’s request. After determining the specific sizes the schools needed for boys and girls, they delivered 182 items, including winter jackets, sweatpants and sweatshirts, T-shirts, and underwear. In addition, Clothing for Kids provided 72 pairs […]
Apr
Northern Virginia – Hugs and Toiletries
Assistance League of Northern Virginia recently held a combined Hugs and Toiletries packing session, with 17 members participating. Two teams packed Hugs Pillow Bundles and the third team assembled toiletry packages. The chapter members delivered the packages to four local elementary schools at the conclusion. The Hugs Bundles contained beautiful pillows, hand-made and donated by […]
Apr
Northern Virginia – Build a Child’s Library
Nine members of Assistance League of Northern Virginia chapter recently helped nearly 550 students at a local elementary school select a brand-new book to take home and keep. For our second book fair of this school year, in a program called “Build a Child’s Library,” members worked with the Reading Specialist and other administrators at […]
Apr
Montgomery County – Completes Spring High School Operation School Bell
Operation School Bell®, the signature program of Assistance League Montgomery County, has completed its spring high school dressing events having served approximately 900 deserving students. Annually, Assistance League provides new school clothing for over 4000 students across all grade levels. For the volunteer members who help at a shopping event, the greatest reward has been [...]
