• Kids On The Block Puppeteer

    Kids On The Block Puppet Show in Action

    Our Kids On The Block puppet shows for second graders emphasize anti-bullying, kindness and caring. Our troupe will visit 33 schools this year! At a show in November, a teacher remarked, “The kids were so excited about the puppets coming today.” KOTB chairs Ann Carroll and Jodee Hechler remarked that “It’s amazing how much the […]

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  • Assistance League Members unpack uniforms at the AACPS warehouse, helping students in need.

    Assistance League of the Chesapeake Kicks Off its Kids In Need Program

    As summer comes to an end, Assistance League members focus their energy on its hallmark program – providing new school clothing to in-need students in eight local schools. These young students go to Anne Arundel County schools that require them to wear a uniform: khaki pants, a blue polo shirt and a blue sweatshirt. Assistance […]

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  • Assistance League of the Chesapeake members at their annual luncheon.

    End-of-Year Luncheon Celebrates the “Many Hats We Wear”

    Assistance League of the Chesapeake members met for their annual end-of-year luncheon on June 13. Our theme was “The Many Hats We Wear,” and we celebrated all that our members do in the community. “The ability of women to fill so many roles demonstrates our versatility, resilience, and ability to adapt to various situations and […]

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  • Thank you, Constellation!

    Thank you, Constellation Energy, for the $500 Community Champions grant to purchase winter hats and gloves for children attending Title I schools in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Of the 691 hats and glove sets that Assistance League of the Chesapeake, Inc. volunteer members donated to these school children, 288 were purchased with this grant. Thank […]

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  • Thank you to our 2022-2023 Grantors

    We appreciate the community’s support of Assistance League of the Chesapeake. Parole Rotary Annapolis Rotary Crabfeast Anne Arundel Women Giving Together ACDS LDC Maryland Live! ACDS County Executive Community Support Grant Bombas Constellation Energy

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  • Constellation Energy Grant for hats and gloves

    Constellation Energy Awards Grant to Assistance League of the Chesapeake

    Thank you to Constellation Energy for awarding us a $500 Community Champions grant. We used the funds to provide 168 winter hat and glove sets for children attending Tyler Heights Elementary School in Annapolis, MD. Through member donations, we also donated 425 sets of hats and gloves to five other local schools. Thank you for […]

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  • Kids On The Block Puppeteers

    Kids On The Block

    The Kids On The Block (KOTB) puppeteers have been entertaining second-graders in Anne Arundel County for a decade and a half with a series of plays about bullying, as well as the positive aspects of learning to use kindness and caring in how we treat others, both in and out of school. All children love […]

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  • Kids On The Block Puppets with Claire

    The Kids On The Block are Back!

    The Kids On The Block puppet troupe is back! Our volunteers and their life-size puppets took a couple of years off due to Covid, but they found a creative way to continue performing by filming a complete show that will be shared via YouTube with area elementary schools. The Kids On The Block show helps […]

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  • Record Grants Received for 2022-23

    Assistance League of the Chesapeake is pleased to announce that the total grant dollars received for the 2022-23 year has reached $56,500. We received official word that we were awarded the Maryland Live! grant for 2023 of $35,000 to provide uniforms for Operation School Bell Kids in Need for Meade Heights and Van Bokkelen elementary […]

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  • Author Kim Lee Donates Books to Georgetown East Elementary School

    Author Kim Lee Donates Books to Support our Literacy Program

    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 […]

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