• 5,000 Calls!

    Posted by JW Anthony on July 31, 2021

    5,000 + phone calls were made to seniors last year by our trained TeleCare volunteers.  If you know someone who could benefit from this free program, call…


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  • 4,000 Boxes of Food

    Posted by JW Anthony on June 16, 2021

    Our Sunshine Boxes Program donated 4,000 boxes of food for the weekend (valued at $52,000) to children and their families in need during fiscal year 2020-21. Our volunteers fill the boxes with…


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  • Anne Banning Award Presented

    Posted by JW Anthony on May 6, 2021

    Arlita Smith recently received the Anne Banning Leadership Award named after the founder of Assistance League, who promoted the growth of effective volunteerism through leadership and education. This award demonstrates the…


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  • Assistance League – Better Than Chocolate.

    Posted by JW Anthony on March 24, 2021

    Thank you to Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek, CA for providing a former Godiva chocolate store for a display of Assistance League’s philanthropic programs.  Stop by to see samples…


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  • Share the Spirit!

    Posted by JW Anthony on November 22, 2020

    Sororo Tamayo-Perez grew up fighting the sense that she was not “college material”. Her immigrant parents had struggled to support their three children with low-wage jobs.  Then Assistance League…


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  • Shopping For the Homeless at Old Navy

    Posted by JW Anthony on November 18, 2020

    Recently, member volunteers were “personal shoppers” at Old Navy Store, in Concord, as part of Operation School Bell®’ Common Threads program to benefit homeless students identified by…


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  • Parking Lot Sale Huge Success

    Posted by JW Anthony on October 25, 2020

    On October 31, shoppers lined up, socially distanced of course, to get special bargains, have lots of safe fun, and purchase from our usual wonderful collection of quality, gently-used…


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  • Join Us – Feed Hungry Children

    Posted by JW Anthony on October 13, 2020

    Join us in making a difference to hungry school children! Donate at Assistance League Diablo Valley GoFundMe Each week, thousands of schoolchildren lack food over the weekend,…


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  • Food for Families

    Posted by JW Anthony on September 30, 2020

    Assistance League Diablo Valley launched Food for Families food drive to support Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County. Recently 500 flyers were distributed to neighbors by Assisteens® to…


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  • Little Free Library Box

    Posted by JW Anthony on September 30, 2020

    Assistance League Diablo Valley recently installed a Little Free Library Box, Take a Book -Share a Book, in front of its chapter house at 2711 Buena Avenue Ave, Walnut…


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