Assistance League® of Conejo Valley

We are committed to the following goals: 1. Each year we review our community's needs, evaluate how we can improve our services, and implement a plan to meet those needs. 2. We strive to develop an informed and knowledgeable board with in-depth Board and Chairmen training along with an informed, committed and active membership. Members are encouraged to participate in philanthropy, general service, and regular meetings to fulfill our chapter mission. 3. The Director of Marketing strives to communicate with local media to increase our chapter’s name recognition as a leading volunteer organization to increase community support. 4. We are looking to secure corporate support and partners in the next fiscal year.

As part of our strategic plan, in the coming two to three years, in addition to raising funds to expand our programs and respond to community needs, we intend to implement a capital campaign to purchase a building for our Thrift Shop with a goal of increasing revenue and ultimately reducing expenses.

In the past two years, we have expanded the grants committee, and are more systematically seeking funds from grant makers through increased applications. We have also just created a new fundraising committee to explore additional paths to raise revenue. Finally, we intend to expand new corporate and fiscal partners in the coming years as well as implementing an Advisory Council.

With over 120 community volunteers and zero paid staff, a majority of the proceeds from our Thrift Shop (presently averaging $30,000 per month) go to support the Operation School Bell® clothing program and other philanthropic programs to improve the lives of children and adults in our community. Operation School Bell provides essential school clothing for elementary, middle and high school children from low-income families as defined by the federal government. We also provide these services to some foster and homeless youth.

We track the number of people we serve through our Operation School Bell program (2607 served last fiscal year 2020-2021). We also keep track of the volunteer hours donated to all our programs (more than 38,000 in the last fiscal year 2020-2021).