Amador Valley – Adapts Donations to Help Students with Online Learning
Assistance League of Amador Valley changed its back-to-school giving this year, buying headphones for students instead of clothes. Each year the group supports Operation School Bell®, spending up to $150 per child to make sure they have new clothes to go back to school. Volunteers traditionally have met children at Kohl’s, one on one, to […]
Oct
Greater Cincinnati – Hosts Drive-Thru Collection
Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati hosted a drive-thru collection on Saturday in Blue Ash to help survivors of domestic violence. Organizers collected donations of new bedding, kitchen supplies and other household items to benefit the Assistance League’s “New Beginnings” program, which helps survivors transition from shelters to new homes. The program has assisted around 1,500 […]
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Oct
Long Beach – Awards National Operation School Bell Award to Long Beach Unified School District
The Board of Education of the Long Beach Unified School District accepted the National Assistance League Operation School Bell® Award during this week’s school board meeting. The honor celebrates a long and impactful partnership that has helped to clothe and provide school supplies, food and other necessities to tens of thousands of local school children. […]
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Oct
Amador Valley – Presents Lois Cox with the Ada Edwards Laughlin Award
In celebration of Assistance League of Amador Valley’s 25th Anniversary, Lois Cox was awarded the Ada Edwards Laughlin Award in recognition of her outstanding behind the scenes effort to support our organization. Ada Edwards Laughlin, co-founder of Assistance League filled the role of hardworking, behind the scenes assistant to Anne Banning, helping to grow Assistance League into a […]
Oct
Los Gatos – Prepares Distance Learning Materials
Lynette Key, a volunteer from Assistance League of Los Gatos-Saratoga, assembles STEM kits for students in the Campbell Union School District to use with their distance learning curriculum. While the chapter’s projects have traditionally supported classroom learning, the district asked the organization to pivot to help support online instruction. Students in the Campbell Union School […]
Oct
Riverside – Raises Funds for Programs with Holiday Magic Boutique
Assistance League of Riverside will offer its annual Holiday Magic Boutique beginning Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the Assistance League of Riverside’s Thrift Shop, 3707 Sunnyside Drive. For the Holiday Magic Boutique the thrift shop is filled with holiday trees and a variety of wreaths plus clothing, housewares, gift items, linens and toys, according to a […]
