Assistance League of El Paso

The operation school bell program has been a welcome partner with the local schools for more than fifty-seven years because it provides resources when families need them the most. All the elementary schools within the nine public school districts of El Paso county are invited to select children in need to receive clothing. Since its inception, operation school bell volunteers have clothed over 109,000 students. Children receive three pair of uniform pants or jeans, two shirts in the required school colors and one shirt in the student's choice of color, packages of socks and underwear, a pair of athletic shoes, a hooded zipper jacket, and a personal hygiene bag containing hair and dental care supplies. The current average cost per student is $95.

The third program is Assault Survivor Kits (ASK). Personal hygiene items and some simple clothing items are provided to sexual assault and/or rape victims (men, women and children) in the hospital (in collaboration with The Center Against Family Violence response services) when the clothing they are wearing has to be confiscated as evidence by the police.

PASO (Put A Smile On) Bear, the second philanthropic program administered by Assistance League, is a program that provides cuddly teddy bears to first-responder service agencies; such as police and fire departments and other agencies, so they may in turn hand them out to children involved in traumatic situations or, sometimes, to adults in the same circumstances.

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