Organization: ASSISTANCE LEAGUE HUNTINGTON BEACH
Mission: ASSISTANCE LEAGUE VOLUNTEERS TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.
Activities: OPERATION SCHOOL BELL IS A PROGRAM THAT BEGAN IN 1975 TO PROVIDE STUDENTS IN NEED REFERRED BY LOCAL SCHOOLS WITH NEW, AGE APPROPRIATE CLOTHING AND SHOES. PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO SHOP FOR SCHOOL CLOTHES INCREASES THEIR SELF-ESTEEM AND MAKES THEM MORE EXCITED ABOUT ATTENDING SCHOOL. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020, 2,618 STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 WERE CLOTHED. SERVING HOMELESS STUDENTS HAS BEEN AN ADDITION TO AND AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PROGRAM SINCE 2010. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM, OVER 48,000 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CLOTHED.
OPERATION NEW BEGINNINGS PROVIDES CLOTHING AND OTHER ESSENTIALS FROM OUR THRIFT STORE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH A NEED. THEY ARE REFERRED FROM SOURCES SUCH AS PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY, CARE, INTERVAL HOUSE, BUILD FUTURES AND THE HUNTINGTON BEACH YOUTH SHELTER. OPERATION NEW BEGINNINGS ALSO SUPPORTS GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE'S AND COASTLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER AND PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO VETERANS. THIS SUPPORT HELPS VETERANS MEET THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE ALSO PROVIDED TO SINGLE PARENTS TO ASSIST WITH THE COST OF SCHOOLING WHILE WORKING AND RAISING CHILDREN. OPERATION NEW BEGINNINGS HAS POSITIVELY AFFECTED THE LIVES OF 158 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THIS FISCAL YEAR.
LINKS TO LEARNING BEGAN IN 2008 TO PROVIDE AWARDS AND SUPPORT TO OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS TO HELP FUND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO QUALIFY ARE AWARDED UP TO 500 TO PURCHASE ITEMS SUCH AS BOOKS, INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR STUDENTS. THIS FISCAL YEAR 146 GRANTS WERE AWARDED ENABLING 7,800 CHILDREN TO BE POSITIVELY AFFECTED BY THIS PROGRAM.
NTEE category: Education
Secondary category: Food, Agriculture & Nutrition