Assistance League of Eugene’s Operation School Bell is part of a nationwide project through National Assistance League. Operation School Bell can be found in almost every Assistance League chapter throughout the country. This project provides clothing for children from low-income families in the community.

Our project gives at risk school age children in Eugene and nearby schools, an entire set of clothing. The clothing package contains everything from underwear and socks to a warm winter jacket, a shoe voucher and, on request, a bra voucher. Clothing is also given to several outreach programs.

The fall of 2004 marked the twentieth year of Operation School Bell for our chapter. This project has steadily grown from serving 150 children in 1984 to over 800 hundred children in the 2003-2004 school year. Since it’s inception, Operation School Bell has provided clothing for over 14,000 children in the area.

Positive feedback from recipients makes the project all the more worthwhile. A homeless girl who wrote that the clothes she received would enable her to stay warm through the winter; the boy who was “so proud to be wearing clothes showing no holes” and the kindergartner who wrote that he “looked very hanson” (sic) wearing his new clothes, are just a few examples that what we do truly makes a difference.

AGENCIES SERVED:

4 J School District
Pleasant Hill School District
Creswell School District
Bethel School District
Junction City School District
Serbu Juvenile Detention Facility
Looking Glass Programs/New Roads
Pathways Programs