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In Partnership with La Porte Education Foundation, Assistance League Awards over $7,300 in Teacher Innovative Grants
On May 9, Assistance League® of the Bay Area members traveled to La Porte ISD where they presented three Teacher Innovative Grants through the La Porte Education Foundation. Grants totaling $7,387.53 were presented to Wendy McCarthy, College Park Elementary, Kimberly LaRive, Lomax Elementary, and Rhonda Knighten and Kelly Leonard, La Porte Elementary.
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Assistance League’s 2017 Donation to Westbrook Intermediate Teacher Innovative Grant Comes to Fruition
Last year Assistance League® of the Bay Area had an opportunity to increase the Community Outreach budget. An area we elected to fund were two Teacher Innovative Grants in the Clear Creek and La Porte ISDs. Here’s an example of one of those grants Westbrook Intermediate, The Power of the Seed, coming to fruition.
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Walmart Friendswood Store Donates $2,000 to Assistance League’s Operation Support Our Schools
Assistance League® of the Bay Area thanks Walmart Friendswood for their generous donation of $2,000. This donation allows Operation Support Our Schools to increase their service to nineteen campuses in the Clear Creek and Dickinson ISDs. Operation Support Our Schools offers nutritional support, reimburses area optometrists who perform eye examinations and prescribe eyewear, provides tutoring services when […]
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Assistance League of the Bay Area Receives Grant from Total Petrochemical
Assistance League® of the Bay Area would like to acknowledge Total and its foundation for granting our chapter with $1,000.00. This money allows us to clothe students through our largest philanthropic program, Operation School Bell®. Pictured left to right: Arlis Miles, Charles St Ama, Total Purchasing Manager, and Derinell Haikney.
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Over $38,000 in Teacher Innovative Grants Awarded Through Clear Creek Education Foundation by Assistance League of the Bay Area
On Tuesday, May 1, representatives from Assistance League® of the Bay Area joined the Clear Creek Education Foundation Sur-Prize Patrol Bus as they traveled through the district awarding Teacher Innovative Grants. Over $38,000 was awarded by the chapter to teachers, impacting 20,857 students across fourteen campuses. The grants address all areas of STREAM – science, technology, reading, […]
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Assistance League of the Bay Area Awarded Best Resale Shop by Bay Area Houston Magazine
Assistance League® of the Bay Area’s Resale Shop was selected as the 2017 Bay Area Houston Magazine’s Best Resale Shop. Thank you to all who voted! Attending the ceremony were Sandra Kelver, Sarah Foulds, and Linda Kelly.
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Assistance League of the Bay Area Funds Teacher Innovative Grants through Dickinson Education Foundation Totaling $4,500
As a result of the outstanding efforts of the Resource Development Committees including the sales from the award-winning Resale Shop, a spectacular Annual Fundraising Event, Carnevale di Venezia, and a hard-working and successful Grants Committee, Assistance League® of the Bay Area has been able to continue to strengthen lives through the Community Outreach Committee. The latest activity was […]
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Assistance League of the Bay Area Donates Books to Shriner’s Hospitals for Children in Galveston
Assistance League® of the Bay Area continues Assistance League®‘s Legacy of Literacy initiative by providing a set of the Tejas Reading List, consisting of 22 books in Spanish, as well as member-donated books in English to patients at the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children – Galveston. Pictured below, left to right: Katherine Jeschke, Donor Development Officer, Ann Marie […]
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Assistance League of the Bay Area Celebrates Kohl’s Department Store Partnership
In the summer of 2017, Assistance League® of the Bay Area transitioned to an all-retail model for its largest philanthropic program, Operation School Bell®. After careful research, the chapter entered into a partnership with Kohl’s Department Stores, specifically three store locations: Kohl’s Pasadena – Fairmont Store, Kohl’s Friendswood – Baybrook Store, and Kohl’s League City – Victory Lakes Store. Kohl’s […]
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Frost Bank Grants Total $5,800 to Assistance League of the Bay Area
Assistance League® of the Bay Area wishes to thank and acknowledge Frost Bank for their continued support of our largest philanthropic program, Operation School Bell®. Since 2014 they have gifted the chapter $5,800.00. Pictured left to right: Trisha Bradley, Erin McDonald, and Beverly Braden, Grants Chairma
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