ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GLENDALE

Programs

1. Operation school bell - provided clothing and shoes for children from low income families in elementary, middle, and high schools in the glendale unified school district. For 125 students in community elementary schools, the children received three sets of school uniforms (pants, shorts or skirts, five t-shirts, a fleece jacket, a weeks worth of underwear and socks, a hygiene kit containing a hairbrush, toothpaste and toothbrush, shampoo, soap, a washcloth, lip balm and pocket tissues, and a $55 shoe voucher all packed in a duffle bag. The 172 students, who were referred by the gusd wellness center that serves homeless and foster children, received a $100 clothing gift card, fleece jacket, a $55 shoe voucher, and hygiene kit packed in a duffle bag. The assisteens auxiliary provided one book for each elementary student. In december, 53 middle and high school students, who were selected by school personel as needing support, received christmas bags containing a $100 clothing gift card, a $55 shoe voucher and a hygiene kit.

   $85,144 spent
   37% of program spending

2. Authors & illustrators - in this program, unique to Assistance League of Glendale, 2279 students in four elementary schools welcomed childrens book authors or illustrators. The presenters shared how they started writing or illustrating books and how their manuscripts were marked in red by editors. The children learned that they are not the only ones who must rewrite their work to improve it. Often, presenters start a story with the children, outline a character, give them a problem to solve, and then leave the story unfinished for students to complete in class. This fits well with the schools common core standards. Also, each school received $2,500 to buy new books for their library and over $2k for books for their classrooms.

   $38,089 spent
   17% of program spending

3. Senior neighborhood fellowship Assistance League of Glendale provided a monthly social gathering complete with lunch and entertainment for people 55 years and older. Over 781 seniors were served at the luncheons this year. Assisteens provided 90 favors/month for attendees.

   $28,909 spent
   13% of program spending

4. Scholarships assistance league glendale awarded nine $2,500 scholarships to high school seniors or continuing college students. The scholarships are based on community service, school leadership and grade-point average. Recipients were publicized through our website and local newspapers and were honored at a june award luncheon.

   $22,703 spent
   10% of program spending

5. Welcome home! The Assistance League of Glendale provided essential household items to 41 families as they transitioned out of ascencia, a glendale homeless shelter, into their own home. These participants found a job, secured housing, and paid the first months rent on their own apartment. We provided a cellophaned-wrapped laundry basket full of basic home supplies and canned goods and included a card from the assistance league welcoming them to their new home.

   $16,354 spent
   7% of program spending

6. Vocational training program assistance league glendales thrift store provides the venue three mornings/week for vocational training for 4 young adults with physical and mental disabilities under the tutelage of the staff of the tierra del sol foundation. The students develop confidence as they learn various skills needed to work in a retail store, including how to move merchandise, sort and hang clothing, arrange clothing on racks, move stock to display shelves, and purge old merchandise from the racks. Students also have the opportunity to increase their social skills and self-esteem while interacting with volunteers from the assistance league in a congenial and safe environment.

   $13,068 spent
   6% of program spending

7. Alg cares provides basic personal and hygiene items to the homeless entering a homeless shelter. 110 duffle bags filled with supplies were delivered.

   $10,724 spent
   5% of program spending

8. Ascencia shelter for the homeless - members of las caritas and assisteens, auxiliaries of Assistance League of Glendale, provided dinners and weekend breakfasts for about 1,350 residents/year at the homeless shelter in glendale. It is a guest-chef program that allows groups to prepare food brought to the shelter and serve it to the changing population of 40 to 50 residents. Assistance league glendale also provided appropriate clothing for job interviews when residents were transitioning out of the shelter. Gifts were given to the children in the shelter during the holiday season

   $5,637 spent
   2% of program spending

9. Adopt a family -through the adopt-a-family program the assisteens auxiliary of assistance league glendale pr0vided 10 low-income families in the glendale unified school district with holiday gifts and gift cards so they could choose what they needed to have a better holiday from food to clothes or gifts.

   $4,142 spent
   2% of program spending

10. Gusd healthy start food bank las caritas auxiliary of assistance league glendale provides up to $250 in monthly food donations which are delivered to the gusd healthy start food bank for 400 needy families who select items they need for their households.

    $2,560 spent
    1% of program spending

11. Community outreach each year assisteens programs extend assistance to the community. 1.assisteens volunteered at the burbank community dental clinics easter and holiday parties. They provided 30 children and their families with baskets, crafts, and refreshments. 2.assisteens also visted a local senior residence facililty each month and played bingo with 10-12 seniors. 3.they provided 100 snack packs for ascencias street outreach program. 4.they baked cookies each month to be delivered to the spiritual care guild at los angeles childrens hospital.

    $252 spent
    0% of program spending

The 11 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $227,582.