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Feb

Diablo Valley – Listen for ACTION! Week

Students seeing other students receive one-on-one support makes for a comfortable learning environment. As ACTION! Week for Assistance League of Diablo Valley arrives on February 23, the name Anne Banning echoes not only on a local level, it resonates throughout all 120 Assistance League chapters nationwide. In 1919, just over 100 years ago, she and […]

Feb

Fullerton – Celebrates 80 Years of Service

Assistance League of Fullerton, a chapter of National Assistance League®, recently celebrated 80 years of service to families and children in need through programs such as Operation School Bell®, Vision Screening and Operation New Start. Congressman Gil Cisneros, state Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, Mayor Pro Tem Jan Flory of Fullerton, and a representative of state Sen. […]

10

Feb

Long Beach – Rick Rackers Host Woman of the Year

On February 8, more than two dozen members attended the Rick Racker Woman of the Year Luncheon at Old Ranch Country Club, inducting past Rotary President Jane Netherton as the 2020 Woman of the Year. She was inducted for her support of not only Rotary philanthropies but also of many Long Beach charitable endeavors. These […]

03

Feb

Together We Can Do More

Together We Can Do More Can you imagine 120 chapters with 26,000 members, each gearing up to do a one time a year project together. Well, that is exactly what is going to take place. The project is ACTION Week! This project coincides with  the birthday of our founder Anne Banning, February 24th.  During the […]

02

Feb

Bend – Presents Light Elegance with Award

NATIONAL OPERATION SCHOOL BELL® AWARD GIVEN TO LIGHT ELEGANCE Assistance League of Bend recently presented the National Operation School Bell Award to Jim and Lezlie McConnell, founders of Light Elegance based in Redmond, Oregon.  The Award was given by the National Board in recognition of their dedicated continued support in clothing children in need in […]