Assistance League of Sacramento

Provide program-related member training and adequate staffing for philanthropic programs. Cultivate an environment where members are appreciated and nurtured. Develop programs and committees that attract age diversity in membership. Become a brand in the community that is recognized for philanthropy. Use technology tools to increase member satisfaction, public awareness, and funding. Expand our fundraising capability to ensure stability and growth of philanthropic programs. Continue to expand plans for financial windfalls. Maintain contingency plans for catastrophe and crisis management.

Assistance League of Sacramento is a group of volunteers who have a range of work-related experience from the fields of education, medicine, legal, finance, banking, community relations, marketing, IT, and professional volunteerism. These members share a common vision to serve children, adults, and seniors in need. From August to March, we provide children with new school clothing, shoes, new pleasure reading books, backpacks, and hygiene kits. Twelve months a year, we provide cuddly teddy bears to fire, police, emergency rooms for children and adults in trauma situations, victims of sex traffic and sexual abuse. Six months a year we screen preschool children for amblyopia. January through May we teach California Governor's Mansion history and host the California Heritage Essay Contest to 4th grade classes. All through the school year, we are puppeteers performing scripts on bullying and safety to K-3. All through the year, we provide interview clothing to women, men, and foster youth who are entering the workplace. Each spring, we offer community college scholarships to those with life circumstances more difficult than most. Annually we provide materials to senior living residents who create items that are donated to other nonprofits serving infants and teens. Annually we provide hygiene products and clothing to sex traffic victims, homeless women and children, and sexual abuse victims. We provide apartment starter kits for homeless individuals and foster youth who are living independently. Annually we meet emergency one time needs to individuals referred by community agencies, court systems, school districts or other similar entities.

The oversight and guidance that National Assistance League provides to each of the 120 chapters provides comparison ratings. Schools, hospitals, college students, and other nonprofit organizations increase their requests for our services each year. Our membership continues to increase. We are an all-volunteer organization and rely on donations, grants, community fundraisers, and income from our resale shop to support our philanthropic programs. We have a website and Facebook Page where members and the public can view our financial position and our accomplishments. We produce a community newsletter, which is emailed to our supporters.

In fiscal year 2017-2018, Assistance League of Sacramento clothed 4,000 children; provided 4,125 pleasure reading books to classrooms; distributed 4,025 Bears; created 3,705 handmade items for children and teens; outfitted 107 individuals entering the workforce; made History in a Trunk presentations to 1623 4th grade children and reviewed 1,194 essays; screened 978 children for amblyopia; performed puppet shows for 510 elementary students; and awarded 45 community college scholarships, served 6,260 homeless, sexually assaulted, sex traffic victim and foster youth transitioning to independent living. Our members and community volunteers donated over 61,113 volunteer hours this fiscal year to maintain our programming and staffing.