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Enriching the Lives We Touch |
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Since 1940, the noteworthy philanthropic programs of Assistance League of Long Beach are the inspiration of the dedicated volunteers who continue to fulfill their mission “to create a community of volunteers to identify and deliver philanthropic services." Assistance League of Long Beach is the largest chapter of National Assistance League and is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) corporation comprised of more than 900 hands-on members. They provide more than 85,000 volunteer hours annually that enrich the lives of over 15,000 Long Beach residents every year.
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Teamwork Makes Dreams Work
To many of us, this motto might seem to be a simple statement; however, it is a complex phrase about how best to achieve goals. In the case of Assistance League of Long Beach, it is a statement about how we got to where we are, how we set our goals for the present, and how we will address the future. We are starting our third year in the building on
Spring Street. Can you believe it? This past spring we celebrated 60
years of having the Howard Collection in our midst; we stretched our
Operation School Bell It seems like we have been here longer than two years, yet we are still getting used to the building and its potential. We meet new members in the atrium, the walkways, and the office and learn new names. Faces become more familiar as we share time together and work on the same projects. How wonderful it is to be in the same home! We are family; we are friends; we are volunteers working together to achieve our mission and vision. French author and lecturer, Andre Malraux, has said, “One person may supply the idea for a company, community or a nation, but what gives the idea its force is a community of dreams” and that’s what WE are!Dreams brought us into being chartered as a chapter of National Assistance League in 1940; dreams took us to Roswell and Fourth Street and the four buildings there; dreams spawned our programs, our auxiliaries and finally our new building. We are over 900 members strong and our vision of "Enriching the lives we touch" is more of a reality each and every day. The goals for this upcoming year are:
Writer Dan Zadra has stated, “Teamwork has its own arithmetic. Combine two or more people with a common goal and suddenly one-plus-one is more than two!” Teamwork Makes Dreams Work and
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