05
Oct
Temecula – Clothes for Low-Income Students
Operation School Bell® is in the process of providing new clothes for identified low-income students (TK-12). Each student shops for clothing at a tax-free value of $125. At the September 1st ‘shopping event’ at Kohl’s in Murrieta, Assistance League earned $3,700 in Kohl’s Cash. Using the Kohl’s Cash, Assistance League immediately went shopping to fill requests […]
14
Sep
Boise – Operation School Supplies
Operation School Supplies provides supplies to about 12,000 elementary and middle school children to help them with the start of the school year. Click here to watch the coverage of Operation School Supplies on Boise’s local KTVB Channel 7.
Sep
Reno Sparks – A Special Shopping Event
A Special Shopping Event! Imagine having to start school in a strange country with a new language and only the shirt on your back as you arrived. That was the plight of almost two dozen children who recently arrived in Reno, Nevada. Assistance League was delighted to sponsor a special shopping event before school starts […]
29
Jun
Northern Virginia – Literacy for Kids
Assistance League of Northern Virginia is extremely grateful for the generous donation by Dr. Kamal Jajodia that allowed us to hold another book fair recently at a local elementary school. This Literacy for Kids event, which we call “Build-a-Child’s Library,” provided a wide selection of new books on a variety of topics from which the [...]
Jun
Montgomery County – Operations School Bell Award
At our May 16th Annual meeting we were very pleased to announce that Marcus Primer, Communities in Schools Site Coordinator for Conroe High School, had been awarded the National Assistance League Operation School Bell® Award for 2021-2022. Marcus is from Greenville, Ms. and received his Master’s degree in Education from Alcorn State University. He has been with […]
10
Jun
Southeastern Michigan – Book Drive
The goal of Assistance League® of Southeastern Michigan’s annual Book Drive was twofold: to promote reading in the tri-county community and to make sure each child receives a new book – no matter what their age.