ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SANTA ANA - 2005

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FROM JOYCE COVERT FRX N0. 7317368 May. 2C 2tJL~5 ~~'_~:1~F'h1 F' ppcration School Bell provides appropriam clothing: including the district mandated sattool inure am ~ al low-income Santa Ana Uni:ied School bistrict elementary school children in grades-K'3.Tt1e P F~' ~- is toremove barriers to education caused by Qte tack of proper clothing and necessary schoal supplies. The program cb'e 'v is to provide clotltutg, shoes, backpacks wide school supplies, and grovmin~ kits to t 2aa Santa Ana children duriuF'. the 2005-U6 school year. Students identified by school nurses and teachers as those most~t~s h bin done by rho o h p~di~trict, Assistance League dots not gather income data on the family The chi}dren and their pareau aye invited to come to the ,~L9A facility whero students are outfitted b}' Operation School Bell volunteers. ~'~'® drive to have sufficient sizes and styles to give to ~ k'La}otne -nts some options in clothing as well as color and style of backpacks. With tY,e opportunity choices, the students can avoid some of the stigma associated with the family's poverty status. Working in seams of threw or four , ALSA members staff Opoer~ti e~cch~otoacBcomm~ilate 25-30 students peo day .00 a.m. to 3:Q0 p.m. to serve Santa Ana studen Students are outfitted with ono tmiform eousistingdof~achirt~ of s~ockps at a cost of approxitraiely 535 per ores, neck sveatsh{rt, tLree pairs of underv+eat', xtt p child. Because the tmtforms are re4tured by the drstrtct, the7' must be purchased; however, othcx clothing items are Dither donated or purchased. Mod}esker, one of the Assistance i-eague awciliarics, donates backpacks filled wtth school supplies and a new paperback book for each child. The teen aaxiliarv, AssisTeens, donates health/groetrszng lilts containing a toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, and soap. Speciric tasks associated vrith the intplem~ttation of the program are: 1. Santa Ana elemerrtaty schools are regtrlariy contacted with iztformati•on about Operation School Bel] School persormel are informed about the process far screening fra~ilies and making referrals. OSB advises schools when our clothing supplies are dtpletedes from the community on an ongoing basis. 2. Volunteers seek donations of clothing and school supp ' 3. OSB voltmteers acquire clothing and other items, order purchased merchandiso, sort merchandise by size and style, and stack the shelves on an ongoing basis. 4, OSB voi•~nteers keep the schedule of appaintments, tl:e number of children served, and dte number oY children served wtitlt CD9p funds- the select clothe ~> srd schnoS 5. T1te team of 3.4 OSB volunteers assisS each cltild and hislher family as y +~ supplies 6. A monthly schedule is zo taedm is o enDaSBoxima:e~nen days per month and s staffed wisPCrc.rotations they are io work- 'I'lte y gr p pP of Assistance League members.