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Assistance League Santa Clarita
A Chapter of National Assistance League®
2016-2017 Annual Report
assistance league®
Santa Clarita

Message from the President Our
Platinum
Colleague, Teammate, our resale store as well as the shoppers
Associate, Comrade. These are themselves, the result is truly a community Partners
all words synonymous with Part- coming together to help each other. Some-
ner; our Community Partners are times a Community Partner is one individual
more than that. Those listed at and sometimes businesses. At all times, our WOODWARD
the right are a small percentage Community Partners are much needed
of the names of those who friends. Thank you, Friends, for choosing
helped us give back to residents in need. Assistance League. We appreciate you!
They provide resources so students
do not get bullied for wearing the same
clothes to school day after day. They put a
teddy bear into the hands of a hurting child
or a lonely senior citizen. They give eye ex-
ams and eyeglasses to students that strug-
gle in school because they cannot see
clearly. All in all, almost 200 businesses and
individuals donate money or goods and ser-
vices to us. Gold Level Partners
If you include the hundreds of peo-
ple who donate their gently used items to John and Jackie
Hamby
Transforming Lives Phil and Cheryl
Carlson
The philanthropic programs that our
local Assistance League members have Chris and Jeannie
created and support are a great source of pride Carpenter and Tim
for us. We strive to ensure that the dollars we Carpenter
raise are given back to our Santa Clarita Valley
community residents whb are in need of a
helping hand.
Our flagship-program, Operation School
Bell®, spent $297,000 on new school clothes
and shoes for 2,200 students in grades
kindergarten through twelfth-from every school PRINCESS CRUISES
in our valley. The smiles and excitement Through our iCare for Kids come back new·
students expressed over their new outfits made program, we provided 105 students in
every penny spent well worth it! need of eye exams and new eyeglasses.
In appreciation for the partnerships we To give comfort to children
have fostered with our schools, we began an experiencing a traumatic event, our Teddy
Arts Grant program to support instruction in the Bear Patrol provided 900 teddy bears to
Fine Arts. our local fire stations, hospital and urgent Our Media Partners
Our UkeALadies play the ukulele and care facilities.
sing for audiences across Santa Clarita and To brighten the lives of 200 SCVTV
bring joy to all those who attend. residents at the Santa Clarita Local Television for Santa Clarita
Convalescent Hospital, monthly home- Elite
cooked meals are served in a festive
atmosphere. We also provide each
resident with birthday and Holiday gifts. Eve Bushman Cons.lting
For our homebound seniors, members SANTA CLARITA
bake loaves of bread and have them Gazette
Free CLASSIFIEDS
delivered twice a year. The work we do
is what makes us who we are: Assistance insideSCV Magazine
League Santa Clarita.