The Youth Philanthropy Project, a program of the Whatcom Community Foundation, awarded Assistance League of Bellingham $8,000 for our Teen Team Program that serves homeless emancipated youth in Whatcom County to stay in school to receive their High School diploma. We look forward to being able to help more of this growing student population.

The Community Co-op featured Assistance League of Bellingham during the month of February for their Community Shopping Day.  Two percent of all sales from both stores were donated to our Eating Healthy Program on Saturday, February 15th. We received over $2800! Thank you to those who shopped that Saturday as well as the Community Co-op […]

To read Assistance League of Bellingham’s Whatcom Talk article, Summer Programs – An Invitation for Growth and Creativity, please click on this link.  

My name is Erin Lin and I am a current freshman at Stanford University. I was a student at Fairhaven Middle School and Sehome High School and throughout those years, I received  the Assistance League of Bellingham scholarship for summer programs and activities. I just wanted to send a message to you and Assistance League […]

Whatcom County students reflect on life during the heights of COVID Three youth share how they felt, and what they learned, in the tumultuous time Whatcom County students were asked in 2022 to reflect on their experiences during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The three essays, submitted as scholarship applications to the Assistance League […]

Assistance League of Bellingham is excited to be nominated in the Consignment/Thrift Store and Nonprofit Organization categories in the Bellingham Herald’s Cascades Best Contest. You can help us win. We have a direct link with a voting page just for us that makes supporting ALB in the  contest quick and easy! Go to: https://www.votecascades.com/AssistanceLeague Select […]