My Nonprofit Reviews

I am a volunteer tutor at Loyola Academy, a non-profit middle-school (sixth through eighth grades) serving financially under-privileged male students. Loyola's mission is to "end the cycle of poverty through education." Over 80% of these young men live at or below the poverty level and are on reduced lunches. They attend school at Loyola for nine and one half hours each day and for five-weeks during the summer. This intense program is designed to prepare them for success at college preparatory high schools.

Assistance League has aided Loyola Academy in two major areas: school uniforms and computers, both of which the Loyola student families can not afford to purchase. Assistance League Operation School Bell has provided the much needed uniforms for these young men in past years. Last summer, Assistance League donated numerous computers, printers, scanners, and monitors to Loyola. Loyola students, teachers and administration were so excited to receive this generous donation, which has greatly enhanced Loyola's educational mission. Most of these young men do not have any type of computer at their home so they need to have access to these tools at school. Assistance League's computer equipment donations provided additional resources and tools needed to aid these young men in their daily pursuit of a good education. I would like to thank Lynn Dolan, current President of Assistance League, for offering this equipment. One evening Lynn and I were discussing the Assistance League projects and I mentioned to her that I had recently started volunteeering as a tutor and grant writer for Loyola. Lynn contacted me the very next day to offer the equipment to Loyola because Assistance League had been fortunate enough to receive a grant for new computer equipment.

I have also attended the Assistance League annual auctions and have seen the tremendous amount of work expended to raise the funds to support the League's projects.

The Assistance League and its volunteers are truly God's Angels. They have inspired not only other volunteers but also the children, whose lives they touch on a daily basis.

More Feedback