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New Back-to-School Clothes Build Confidence
Assistance League of Bend’s Operation School Bell® fall campaign began this week. The first two sessions saw over 500 children shop for new back-to-school clothes at the Bend Walmart. During the month of…
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Emergency Bundles for Foster Children
Assistance League of Bend recently prepared emergency winter clothing bundles for foster children. Through a partnership with Every Child Central Oregon, Assistance League provides emergency clothing to children entering…
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Fostering a Love of Reading
Assistance League of Bend’s Operation School Bell® Literacy team has been busy this summer distributing new books to local children in need. They could be spotted offering free books…
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Free Hats and More for Cancer Patients
Sunday marked the 25th Annual Heaven Can Wait 5K race in Redmond, a fundraiser for breast cancer patients and survivors. A long time Bend resident and breast cancer survivor, Charlene…
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Cooking Healthy Food is Fun!
This month, Assistance League of Bend’s These Kids Are Cookin’ program returned to two local Title 1-A elementary schools, Bear Creek Elementary School in Bend and M.A. Lynch Elementary…
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Students Shopped for Winter Formal at Cinderella’s Closet
Assistance League of Bend’s Cinderella’s Closet is opened on Wednesdays and Saturdays leading up to the Winter Formals being held at local high schools. Thirty high school students in…
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Promoting Literacy
Assistance League of Bend distributed 228 new books to children in need at the Tower Theatre “Page to Screen” event on January 26. The Tower Theatre, in partnership with…
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Thank You Central Oregon
We appreciate our generous community for supporting the recent Central Oregon Gives campaign. Your donations will help provide new school clothes to 85 local children in need. New clothes…
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Holiday Gifts for 424 Seniors
Assistance League® of Bend volunteers have been working for weeks to ensure that the holiday wishes of local seniors are fulfilled through their annual Secret Santa program. Facility representatives at 18…
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Breakfast with Santa
Assistance League of Bend invited local foster families to the 30th Annual Breakfast with Santa at the Pine Tavern in Bend…
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