Whittier – Single Mom Thankful for Operation School Bell
When single mom Monica Aguayo received a survey from her children’s school that asked if her family needed financial assistance this year, she quickly checked off the box next to “clothing” and promptly put it out of her mind. That’s why Aguayo was so surprised to receive a follow up phone call telling her she […]
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Nov
Greater Portland – Thrift Shop Makeover
View the Fox 12 Oregon video highlighting the unique Assistance League Thrift Shop in Beaverton. For more information, visit Assistance League of Greater Portland.
Nov
Santa Monica – Celebrates Decade Partnership with Optometric Options
For more than 10 years, Dr. Elliott Moscot and his staff have been providing eye exams and glasses to students in the Santa Monica Bay area as part of Assistance League’s Operation School Bell program. Lora Morn, head nurse with SMMUSD, has helped coordinate requests for vision vouchers from the schools, and Jacque Kelly, Vision […]
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Nov
San Bernardino – Tina the Tooth Visits Elementary Schools
Tina the Tooth (also known as Assistance League of San Bernardino member Cathy Bechtel) visits kindergarten classrooms as a part of Assistance League of San Bernardino’s oral hygiene instruction to all 49 elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District. In 2015, volunteers from Assistance League have given oral instruction to over 2,000 kindergarteners since […]
Nov
Placer County – Assistance League Screens Children’s Eyes
Assistance League of Greater Placer partners with Prevent Blindness Northern California to screen eyes for preschool children ages 3, 4 and 5. Twenty-five Assistance League members are certified for the Screen Eyes Early (S.E.E.) program and work with preschools in Lincoln, Rocklin and Auburn. Screening is done late February and early March. Many of the […]
Nov
Diablo Valley – Volunteers Screen Preschoolers Eyesight
Since 2005, Prevent Blindness has trained Assistance League of Diablo Valley Foresight program volunteers, who in turn, have screened more than 13,000 preschoolers, resulting in 400 referrals for full vision exams and identifying 32 cases of amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye.”
