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Apr
Montgomery County – Completes Spring High School Operation School Bell
Operation School Bell®, the signature program of Assistance League Montgomery County, has completed its spring high school dressing events having served approximately 900 deserving students. Annually, Assistance League provides new school clothing for over 4000 students across all grade levels. For the volunteer members who help at a shopping event, the greatest reward has been [...]
Apr
Chicagoland West – Assisteens deliver inaugural program for ACTION! Week
Assisteens® of Chicagoland West organized their debut event with much enthusiasm. In honor of ACTION!Week, they shared Dr. Seuss’ time honored book The Lorax in three different ways: with a short re-enactment, a read aloud of the book, and a movie event at the Indian Prairie Library on Saturday, February 26. Kudos to the teens […]
23
Mar
Santa Barbara – Loans Prom Dresses
Assistance League of Santa Barbara will be loaning prom dresses to local high school students going to their big event. The gowns are loaned completely free of charge, all sizes are available, and the gowns can be altered to fit. The Prom Dress Boutique is located in the back building of the Assistance League property […]
Mar
St. Louis – Books From Friends Program
In 2020-21, Books From Friends distributed over 15,000 new books to St. Louis school children and held multiple book parades for St. Louis elementary schools.
Mar
the Chesapeake Area – Receives Donation from Local Author
Kim Lee, a local author from Baltimore, donated books to Assistance League of the Chesapeake to support our Project Literacy program. Project Literacy supports area Title I schools with tutoring, classroom help and enrichment activities. Shown in the photo is Ms. Lee with her book, The Night Owl, at Georgetown East Elementary School, one of the schools […]
11
Mar
Judy Stevens, Jane Valentine and Lory Sheldon, volunteers of the Assistance League of North Coast, organized their membership in supporting the North County Food Bank of San Diego’s “Food 4 Kids Backpack Program.” In a little more than one month $4,100.00 was raised which will provide food to fill 687 backpacks for the rest of […]