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Oct
Los Altos – Costume Bank Extends Hours for Halloween Season
The Costume Bank has extended its hours for the Halloween season. Seasonal hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekends through Nov. 1. The store carries thousands of costumes for rent, including historical, western, pirates, military, vampires, witches, ghosts, movie characters and more. A range of accessories is […]
01
Oct
Planes, trains and automobiles carried more than 900 member volunteers from points throughout the United States to San Diego for the 2015 Assistance League National Conference to celebrate 80 years as a national organization. And what a celebration it was! San Diego was on board as the city and its residents paid tribute to the […]
01
Sep
Child Hunger — What Can We Do?
Some Assistance League chapters are reaching out to help alleviate this need. Assistance League of Northern Virginia started a program in 2010 called “Weekend Food for Kids” that provides nutritional food for children to eat over the weekend. It started serving one school and now has grown to five Title I schools in Northern Virginia. […]
01
Aug
Many “Mrs. Book” Promote Literacy for Children
He came hurtling toward her shouting, “Mrs. Book, Mrs. Book” when he saw her again in the fall. He was a four-year-old Headstart preschool student in the Chicago area, and she is a volunteer reader with the Chicagoland West chapter of Assistance League. Their interaction typifies the nationwide relationships between students and volunteers in Assistance […]
01
Jul
Thrift Shops + Resale = Great Savings
A trip to the thrift shop can be the perfect place to create a style of your own. Thrift shops are unique “green” businesses. They help the environment by keeping many usable items out of landfills. They are the shops that help the community providing affordable shopping for every household and anyone looking to save […]
04
Jun
Members of the Assisteens of Redlands, the teen auxiliary of Assistance League of Redlands, celebrated Earth Day at their April meeting by planting drought-tolerant flowers and plants at the Assistance League Thrift Shop building. The 90-member organization’s project added color to the building’s landscaping and used drought-tolerant plants with wood chips as ground cover to […]
