Volunteers ... Working Together for Tucson

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Mission Statement:  Assistance League of Tucson is a volunteer philanthropic organization that provides essential goods and services to improve the lives of disadvantaged men, women, and children in the greater Tucson area. 

Assistance League^® is a national, nonprofit organization that puts caring and commitment into action through community-based philanthropic programs.  Assistance League of Tucson is one of 122 chapters nationwide.  We made a difference in the Tucson community this year through our programs.  To learn more about our activities this year, please read our most recent Community Newslink.

Operation School Bell^®  Assistance League of Tucson volunteers dressed more than 3,600 children at a cost of $70 a child.  Since the program's inception in 1994 we have provided new clothes to more than 40,000 children.  To learn more about our activities this year, please read all about us in the Arizona Daily Star.

 

 

  

   

 

                                                                                                               

Starting Over Supplies  Assistance League of Tucson volunteers provide kits containing basic household goods and necessities to more than 1,000 clients each year, who are starting life anew, at a cost of  $140 per kit.  This program began in 1985.

Assault Survivors Kits^®   Assistance League of Tucson volunteers put together kits which cost approximately $25 and contain clothing and toiletries.  These kits are provided to sexual assault victims when their clothing is kept as evidence.  This program has been assembling kits since 1997 to help survivors regain their dignity.

Assisteens^® Auxiliary   Assisteens' main philanthropic program is titled "Assisteens Helping Tucson Teens."  They also support our philanthropic programs.

P.A.W.S. (Professional Association of Women's Services) Auxiliary   Assistance League of Tucson's P.A.W.S. Auxiliary volunteers packs and disperses Groom for Success kits for homeless, disadvantaged teens valued at $35 per kit.  At a cost of $7 per bear, they provide about 1,500 brand new Teddy Bears each year to emergency responders to give to children in crisis situations.  Since 1989, 20,000 bears have been given out.

 

Please check out our web pages to learn more about Assistance League of Tucson, our two auxiliaries, our philanthropic programs and our fundraising activities which are represented in the blue area on the left of this page. 

Click on the names in the red bar above for information about our thrift shop and how to contact us.  Be sure to click on the Get Involved and Donate Now buttons to find out how you can help your community by joining or donating to Assistance League of Tucson.