Greater Wilmington – Newly Revamped Operation School Bell Opens
Operation School Bell® has turned a new leaf with the new school year to make sure local students have clean clothes and supplies to be successful. View the video. According to a survey that was done earlier this year, one in five students doesn’t have access to clean clothes which makes it more likely to […]
12
Nov
Diablo Valley – Welcomes AAA as New Corporate Partner
Since 1994 Assistance League’s nationally acclaimed philanthropic program, Operation School Bell® has provided clothing to schoolchildren, which has resulted in improved attendance, campus citizenship and academic performance. Expanding its reach, the hands-on philanthropic program served more than 6,000 students in grades K-12 in 2018-2019. In 2006, Assistance League of Diablo Valley launched a Corporate Partners effort, where […]
Nov
Wichita – It Takes a Village to Make Gingerbread Houses
View the video. It takes a village to put on Gingerbread Village, a local gingerbread house-making event that draws thousands every year. It also takes 18,000 hand-cut graham crackers (sized for walls and a rooftop), 35 5-gallon buckets of icing and 1,836 pounds of candy and cereal, according to organizers. More than 200 volunteers are […]
09
Nov
Long Beach – Opens New Children’s Center
The need was there. The money is here, and now the facility has opened. Assistance League of Long Beach has begun serving more of the city’s children at the new Miller Children’s Center with needed orthodontic care, new school uniforms and school supplies. Assistance League has been doing both of those things for some time […]
22
Oct
Boise – Kuna students receive new clothes, shoes, toiletries through Operation School Bell
Forty-eight elementary school students are waiting to go shopping. Fourth- and fifth-grade students from Ross Elementary School are seated at long plastic tables with board games, Legos and other amusements as they wait for their name to be called. About four students at a time are called. They walk with a volunteer, one-on-one, into a […]
20
Oct
Northern Virginia – Ono Brewing Company Supports New Clothes For Kids Program
Assistance League of Northern Virginia was thrilled to be selected for Ono Brewing Company’s Tips to Charity program. Through this initiative, co-owners Cyndi and Scott Hoffman, and their employees, donate 50% of tips to local causes that serve vulnerable communities. Ono’s generous donation is greatly appreciated. The funds will be used to purchase essential new […]
