National Assistance League

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER COLLIN COUNTY IS A NONPROFIT, PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION WHOSE DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS PUT CARING AND COMMITMENT INTO ACTION BY SERVING RESIDENTS OF COLLIN COUNTY IN NEED. COMMUNITY BASED PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAMS ARE BUILT THROUGH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, IDENTIFYING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND DELIVERING THE SOLUTIONS TO FIT THE NEED. FUNDS ARE RAISED THROUGH VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES AND USED TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY. MEMBERS DEVELOP, FUND AND PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE NEW SCHOOL CLOTHING FOR CHILDREN IN NEED, AND ADDRESS LITERACY, HUNGER, SUPPLIES AND HEALTH FOR CHILDREN IN NEED. THEY ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO GRIEVING PARENTS, CHILDREN UNDERGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR SERIOUS ILLNESSES, MOTHER/CHILDREN WHO HAVE SUFFERED DOMESTIC ABUSIVE SITUATIONS, SENIOR CITIZENS AT LOCAL SENIOR FACILITIES AND PATIENTS/FAMILIES AT LOCAL HOSPITALS.

OPERATION SCHOOL BELL PROVIDES NEW CLOTHING AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS TO IN-NEED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN FIVE COLLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS (PLANO, MCKINNEY, ALLEN, PROSPER AND WYLIE). 749 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE CLOTHED IN 2020-2021. THIS PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES BLANKETS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN HOMELESS SITUATIONS. TWO SUVS OF HYGIENE ITEMS AND CLEANING SUPPLIES WERE PROVIDED TO HAGGARD MIDDLE SCHOOL. IN 2020-2021, 2,064 PAIRS OF UNDERWEAR WERE DELIVERED TO 34 TITLE I SCHOOL NURSES.

CARING IN ACTION PROVIDES SHORT TERM ACTIVITIES BASED UPON COMMUNITY NEEDS FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES. DURING 2020-2021, THIS PROGRAM SERVED THE COMMUNITY AS FOLLOWS: DECORATED 208 BASEBALL CAPS, MADE 58 BLANKETS AND HAND CRAFTED 32 LOVEYS,61 PILLOWCASES, AND 13 BABY QUILTS FOR CHILDREN UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR CANCER AND OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES AT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER OF PLANO. MADE AND DELIVERED 50 CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS FILLED WITH GOODIES, DELIVERED 5 HAND CROCHETED BLANKETS, 5 LAP BLANKETS, ACTIVITY ITEMS, MADE AND DELIVERED 50 FACE CLOTHS EACH STUFFED WITH TRAVEL SIZE BOTTLE OF BATH GEL, AND VALENTINE TREATS TO VICTORIA GARDENS, FRISCO.

WEE MEMORIES - MEMBERS PREPARE BEREAVEMENT MEMORY BOXES FOR THE STAFF AT TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITALS IN PLANO THAT ARE PRESENTED TO PARENTS WHOSE BABIES HAVE DIED AT OR SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH. 61 FAMILIES WERE SERVED IN YEAR 2020-2021.

PASS THE WORD - THIS ACTIVITY WAS PUT ON HOLD DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. WAS ABLE TO DELIVER ACTIVITY SUPPLIES FOR MOTHERS ON LONG-TERM BED REST DUE TO HIGH RISK PREGNANCY AND FOR ADULT/ADOLESCENT IN-PATIENT PROGRAMS AT SEAY BEHAVORIAL HOSPITAL. OUTREACH PROGRAM - DONATED 201 ADULT PAIR UNDERWEAR TO STREETSIDE SHOWERS, AND ALSO DONATED 148 ADULT JACKETS, 70 SWEATSHIRTS/PANTS, 147 JEANS, 18 PAIR SOCKS AND 258 T-SHIRTS TO FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PLANO FOR HOMELESS. ASSISTEENS - OVER 25 TEENAGERS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL JOINED US IN DONATING OVER 152 HOURS TO VARIOUS PROJECTS AROUND OUR COMMUNITY. DUE TO COVID, THE ASSISTEENS COULD NOT DO A LOT OF IN-PERSON VOLUNTEERING. THE TEENS WROTE LETTERS AND VALENTINES FOR A NURSING HOME, DONATED ITEMS THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE LEAGUE TO THE HOSPITAL, PARTICIPATED IN CERT, AND DONATED SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO ACO AND THE CARING CLOSET.