Operation School Bell® Programs

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Apr

Chef Sean Whittaker is leading a virtual cooking event to benefit children via Assistance League of the Columbia Pacific. Pictured with Whittaker are league board members Jane Cartwright, left, Shelby Mogenson and some stand-in young beneficiaries. This month, a night full of cooking lessons from a local chef will mean helping clothe and provide services [...]

Apr

Everett – Assistance League thrift shop doubles as high end boutique for local school kids – Field Trip Friday

Assistance League of Everett is behind Operation School Bell® and many other community service efforts in Snohomish County. When you donate or buy something at the Assistance League of Everett Thrift Store, it's not just a transaction. The money raised from everything sold supports their philanthropic programs, and that includes Operation School Bell® . "Items [...]

Apr

Diablo Valley – Assistance League TeleCare Celebrates 50 Years

"Caring and Compassion" Abound for Telecare member volunteers, as well! What a bountiful, sometimes unexpected emotional return! Since 1971, member volunteers of TeleCare, a philanthropic program of Assistance League of Diablo Valley, have been making reassurance calls, Monday through Friday, to those in our community who are home- bound. As the chapter's longest standing philanthropic [...]

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Apr

Greater Wilmington – NourishNC Thanks Assistance League

Check out this donation of Backpacks we received from the awesome ladies at Assistance League of Greater Wilmington! We're going to hang on to these and pass them out with the new school year, but didn't want to wait to give a shout out to the lovely Assistance League for all they do for us [...]

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Apr

Tucson – Assistance League reacted quickly to the changing conditions brought about by the pandemic

Assistance League of Tucson, a volunteer organization whose mission is “Volunteers working in the Tucson community to help those in need,” faced some grim moments at the outset of the pandemic last year. The nonprofit saw a dramatic drop in the number of volunteers who are vital to the organization’s operations. But the organization reacted [...]

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Apr

Boise – Teen Retail program supplies teens in need with new clothing

The Assistance League of Boise works with school districts to identify students in need of clothing. More than $140,000 was spent on clothing this year. Read the story