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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

Rancho San Dieguito – Provides Hygiene Kits to Solana Beach Head Start Children

Assistance League Rancho San Dieguito recently assembled and delivered hygiene kits to 60 children at Solana Beach Head Start. The kits containing toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, shampoo, conditioner, bubble bath, body lotion, and kids’ band aids were sent home with the children who have begun on-site learning and to those who are still at home. Assistance […]

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 […]

Oct

Klamath Basin – Receives Pacific Power Foundation Grant for Operation School Bell

The Pacific Power Foundation awarded the Assistance League of Klamath Basin a grant in the amount of $2,500 to assist in transforming the lives of children and adults through community programs, according to a news release. Specifically, “this grant will support Operation School Bell®, which is one of the primary philanthropic programs of the Assistance […]