Assistance League of Georgetown Area
Transforming Lives • Strengthening Community
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our mission is to transform the lives of children and adults through community programs. These programs are specifically tailored to the needs of our community and include providing new school clothing and shoes to at-risk students in the community, enhancing literacy of elementary school children, scholarship assistance to local graduating seniors, financial assistance where needed to help pay for books for high school students taking dual credit courses, and personal interaction with residents of a local memory care facility.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Operation School Bell
Operation School Bell provides new clothing and shoes to elementary school students in the Georgetown, Jarrell, and Florence School Districts and funds for dual credit textbooks to students in the Georgetown Area.
Reading and More
The Reading and More program provides reading mentors and materials to elementary school students in the Jarrell and Florence School Districts. The budget also helps supply their libraries with books.
New Friends
The New Friends program provides monthly birthday and holiday parties for residents at the Reserve. Most suffer from Alzheimer's disease, dementia and other forms of memory loss.
Scholarship Program
A new program begun in 2014 to provide vocational and collegiate scholarships to high school seniors in the Georgetown, Jarrell and Florence ISDs. Most are $5000 each. $60,000 was awarded 2020.
Assist A Teacher
Assist a Teacher is a philanthropic program designed by Assistance League to provide new, zero year experienced teachers at the elementary level a $200 gift card to help them set up and furnish their classrooms. Service will be provided to eligible teachers once yearly.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Assistance League's (ALGA) goal is to help those in need in our community. Our philanthropic programs are selected carefully so we do not duplicate other groups' services.
*Operation School Bell focuses on elementary school children and the need for basic school attire that is otherwise unaffordable for their families.
*The Reading and More Program strives to enhance literacy to elementary school students
*New Friends serves elderly residents in a local memory care facility by celebrating birthdays and providing a monthly interaction with our volunteers.
*Our Scholarship program awards scholarships to qualifying graduating seniors from Georgetown, Jarrell and Florence Independent School Districts.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
ALGA is part of a national organization with well-established policies and procedures. Our school clothing program, reading improvement program, scholarships and other endeavors ae designed to improve the lives of the least advantaged citizens of the Georgetown community. The organization strives to constantly improve and enhance our long term goals by:
*Developing a Strategic Plan that has been adopted and is adjusted when necessary
*Annual budgets are established and monitored through out the year with monthly financial reports
*Utilize an Advisory Council comprised of local citizens
*Utilize the expertise of our National Board
*Collect evaluations of our programs from participating parents, school district personnel and participating area business
*Operate a thrift shop staffed by our members to provide needed revenue
*A comprehensive orientation is mandatory for each new member/volunteer detailing our Chapter's activities and how they can best serve the community
*Committees are established to administer activities encouraging leadership and responsibility
*Ongoing education is provided to members through reports and updates at our monthly meetings
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
As a volunteer organization with no paid staff, we depend soley on our members to support our programs. Our members volunteered and reported 29,708 service hours in 2019-2020 administering, funding and staffing our philanthropic programs and fundraisers. Assistance League members have a varied background in needed expertise such as finance, administrative skills, organizational skills and retail. We depend on these skills to further our organizations capacity to effectively run our programs.
We work closely with the Georgetown, Jarrell and Florence Independent School Districts, and their professional staff to constantly monitor the success of the programs.
Walmart is an important partner and provides needed assistance to ensure that the clients in Operation School Bell are able to purchase adequate clothing.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
ince our local chapter was established in 2001 our initial programs have been substantially increased and new programs have been added to continuely insure that our vision to improve lives in the community is addressed. The Thrift Shop has been expanded with the needed outcome of additional revenue. Operation School Bell is able to serve more clients annually. A need for emergency supplies was identified and we were able to address that issue. Scholarships are now given to Georgetown seniors and we are working to expand that program.
Our programs are working but there is much more we can do and needs to be done. The biggest obstacle is the funds needed to support our programs. We are well aware of the needs in the community and as Georgetown continues to grow, the Assistance League must expand our revenue sources.
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Assistance League of Georgetown Area
Board of directorsas of 09/14/2020
Judy Swain
no affiliation
Term: 2020 - 2021
Judy Swain
Suzan Brown
Melissa Gould
Sharron Dickerson
Joanne Harrah
Cindy Graham
Leah Baker
Peg Ball
Lee Pettit
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes