Health Programs

Kansas City – Collaborates to Raise Awareness of Sexual Assault

April Sexual Assault Awareness Month Assistance League of Kansas City collaboration with MOCSA and MADI Definition of Assault: noun:  a sudden violent attack; an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt to do violence to another Definition of Survivor: noun:  a person that continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition or setbacks; to […]

Laguna Beach – Early Intervention Program Works

Rock-a-Bye Babies It’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that I am currently the grandmother of 10 and a great-grandmother of two. Even more, being a grandmother in this technologically intense world means more face time on Skype or Facebook so that I can access current photos and captured moments before my children’s […]

Santa Clarita – “iCare for Kids” Donates to Local School Kids

The Assistance League Santa Clarita i care for kids program recently worked with LensCrafters to provide eye exams and glasses for eleven local students. LensCrafters employees volunteered their time for this annual event. In its first year the i care program has provided glasses for more than 100 local students. For further information or to donate to this […]

Santa Monica – Celebrates Decade Partnership with Optometric Options

For more than 10 years, Dr. Elliott Moscot and his staff have been providing eye exams and glasses to students in the Santa Monica Bay area as part of Assistance League’s Operation School Bell program.  Lora Morn, head nurse with SMMUSD, has helped coordinate requests for vision vouchers from the schools, and Jacque Kelly, Vision […]

San Bernardino – Tina the Tooth Visits Elementary Schools

Tina the Tooth (also known as Assistance League of San Bernardino member Cathy Bechtel) visits kindergarten classrooms as a part of Assistance League of San Bernardino’s oral hygiene instruction to all 49 elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District. In 2015, volunteers from Assistance League have given oral instruction to over 2,000 kindergarteners since […]

Placer County – Assistance League Screens Children’s Eyes

Assistance League of Greater Placer partners with Prevent Blindness Northern California to screen eyes for preschool children ages 3, 4 and 5. Twenty-five Assistance League members are certified for the Screen Eyes Early (S.E.E.) program and work with preschools in Lincoln, Rocklin and Auburn. Screening is done late February and early March. Many of the […]