My Nonprofit Reviews

assistance league of the Bay Area has many facets. We have a program called school bell where we clothe children from 7 school districts in NEW clothes, everything from shirts, pants, undergarments to shoes and socks. We provide hygiene kits too. Our second program is Project Cinderella where we provide formals, shoes. Purses and jewelry to teen women and suits for the men including shirts socks, shoes and a tie . Our third project is Ready for Work where we help men and women dress for an interview to re-enter the workforce. In some cases if we do not have the correct clothes for the particular job, we purchase them. We provide food to school districts where the students need extra nourishment for weekend or holidays where food is not available in the school. There are two districts where we provide “Snack Attacks” which provide a protein, a salty snack, a fruit snack and a drink for students who become hungry during the day at school. In an additional program we provide clothing to several hospitals for rape victims whose clothes are taken for evidence. We call these survivor kits. We have a wonderful resale shop that is totally staffed by volunteers and the funds from this shop go to pay for our various programs. In addition we have a fundraising event every year and we have received grants from many generous foundations and organizations.
I have been a member for 25 years and believe strongly in this organization which does so much for our community. I have surved in many capacities for this organization including President and I continue to volunteer at age 75 because I believe so much in this organization.