Assistance League

Albuquerque -Volunteers Create Handmade Knitted Caps, Blankets for UNMH Patients

Assistance League of Albuquerque is a nonprofit organization that’s fully staffed by volunteers. The community work that they do ranges from the youngest in need to the elderly that need assistance through eight philanthropic programs. One of their programs, Tender Loving Care provides receiving blankets, quilts, and knitted chemo caps to the University of New […]

Southern Utah – Supplies for 6th Graders

In a first-of-its-kind program, Assistance League of Southern Utah is reaching out to students in Colorado City and Beaver Dam. Although the towns are in Arizona, they are close enough for Assistance League to undertake an endeavor to hand out art supplies to 85 students in sixth grade. Ann Balsterholt, Vice President of Marketing for […]

Northern Virginia – Welcomes Innovation Health as Diamond Star Sponsor

Assistance League of Northern Virginia gratefully acknowledges Innovation Health as a “Diamond Star” sponsor for its primary fundraiser of the year, set to take place on April 24, 2020, at International Country Club, in Fairfax. The event will include a luncheon, live auction and basket raffle, with proceeds to benefit the organization’s programs that improve […]

Everett – Receives Legacy Gift

The Nysether Family Foundation donation pays off a loan for the nonprofit that runs Operation School Bell®. Mark Nysether remembers all the years his mother spent helping Assistance League of Everett. Shirley Nysether’s volunteerism stretched back to when the league’s thrift shop was on Hewitt Avenue, where Angel of the Winds Arena is today. “My […]

Long Beach – Assisteens Provide 10,000 Meals

Local students participating in Assistance League of Long Beach’s Assisteens® Auxiliary are helping to provide 10,000 meals to fellow students whose families are in need of food. The Operation School Bell® Adopt a Family Student Food Program held a recent meal creation event where Long Beach Unified School District students, staff and other volunteers assembled […]

Kansas City – Keeping the Next Generation Safe

Safety is something we all take for granted. We head out everyday to the grocery store, to the bank, or to go do some retail therapy. We never think about becoming a victim of violence. Every 73 seconds someone becomes a victim of sexual assault and there are nearly 300,000 robberies that happen every year. […]