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Planet Green Recycle Program
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Legacy Society – What will your legacy be? Click Here for details.
CARS Program – We are partnering with CARS who auctions donated vehicles – Donors will receive free pick-up & tax receipts. Our organization receives revenue! Please Click on the CARS Symbol to start your donation. 
Ralph’s Community Contribution Program – Click Ralphs – Ralph’s Community Contribution Program for the instructions.
Volunteer Awards 2025-2026
Volunteer of the Year
This year’s Volunteer of the Year Award goes to Shelley de Ganna
Ada Edwards Laughlin Award
Lisa Zimnowodzki received the “Ada Edwards Laughlin Award, Behind the Scenes.”
Ann Banning Leadership/Education Award
Eunhwa Lenehan accepted the “Anne Banning Award for “Leadership/ Education.”
President’s Award
Debbie Beauchesne accepted the President’s Award.
News & Events
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We had such a fun time with our little guys at Head Start! Christmas was in the air! At the end of tutoring, we presented each child with a snowman bag with a knitted snowman ornament inside to hang on their tree or wherever.
The Assisteens are happy to be meeting in person again and have been quite busy. They have volunteered for Feeding San Diego, the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation, Meals on Wheels, the Thrift Shop, and Flowers for Seniors. We currently have 31 members and are meeting monthly at San Dieguito United Methodist Church. Space for new […]
Great Job ALRSD! In recognition of our “Bravo for Books” program, we received this letter from our State Senator, Catherine Blakespear! Keep doing the “good work”!
Over 700 children experienced a joyful back-to-school clothes shopping experience at Target in Encinitas thanks to the Assistance League! Superintendents, board members and community liaisons from Encinitas, Cardiff, and Solana Beach school districts as well as the Passages and Seeds of Hope programs hugged, grinned and shopped their way through the store. Our AL volunteers […]
Kathy Aubin, Pam Pacilio, and one of our new members, Joanne Orlo, assembled 67 School Supply Kits for the Encinitas Head Start, formerly Solana Beach Head Start.They moved in May to a beautiful, new site off Saxony Road near the Paul Ecke YMCA. The kits included pencils, crayons, scissors, glue sticks, coloring books and dinosaur stickers. […]
The first OSB at Marshalls was held on April 13, 2021. There were 25 families represented. A grant from the Solana Beach City Council allows us to offer all of the children at Solana Beach Head Start an opportunity to purchase school clothes. The mayor of Solana Beach, Lesa Heebner, stopped by to show her support! She […]
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The Thrift Shop is our primary source of funding for our philanthropic programs. We are proud of our reputation as one of the best and friendliest thrift shops in the Coastal North County San Diego area. Our members work hard to make sure the merchandise is always good quality, clean, and priced fairly.
Shop Information
Address:
1542 Encinitas Blvd.
Encinitas, CA 92024
(located in the Taco Bell mall)
Hours of Operation:
Mon – Sat : 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Closed Sundays