Operation School Bell® Programs

Greater Placer – Get Kids Packing

Assistance League of Greater Placer members provide backpacks and school supplies to children grades Kindergarten through 12th grade in pre-designated Placer County locations, working with Kids First in Roseville and Auburn and North Tahoe Family Resource Center in Tahoe. “When the children arrive to choose the backpacks they desire and are given a box of […]

Atlanta – Operation School Bell

Assistance League of Atlanta Adds Homeless Middle School Students to its School Clothing Program — In addition to serving more than 12,600 impoverished elementary students in three Atlanta school systems Assistance League of Atlanta, an all-volunteer, charitable organization that helps improve the lives of children and adults in need, is getting ready for another school year. […]

National Children’s Dental Health Month

Assistance League helps kids brush up on good dental habits Poor oral health is one of the leading causes of irregular school attendance and substandard academic performance in America. Assistance League has been working to counter this trend since 1941 when the first dental center opened in San Pedro, CA with an all-volunteer professional staff. […]

Atlanta – Community Partnership with Gateway Center

In a humble brick building in Chamblee, Georgia, women laugh and smile and share stories while bustling through tiny hallways and crowded offices. Cheerful posters and inspirational quotes line the walls. What may look like the simple gathering of friends is actually a well-oiled machine of productivity and proactive community involvement. These volunteers are the […]

San Pedro-South Bay – New Books

I arrived early, a bit apprehensive about what my duties might entail. Although I’d been a member of the Assistance League of San Pedro/South Bay for several years, I’d never worked on Operation School Bell. Like me, most of the children had been uneasy upon arrival, not knowing where they were going or what they’d […]

Charlotte – Leveling the Playing Field

Maureen O’Boyle of WBTV, Charlotte, NC wrote: The picture wasn’t posed; it was just snapped in all the excitement of Operation School Bell 2012 at the Assistance League of Charlotte. It captures the happiness of a young girl, so overjoyed you can’t help but smile when you see her face. I was the lucky lady […]