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The Top Ladies of Distinction recognized Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati with the Community Partnership Award for 2011.
LEARN Award 2010 Winner Organization
The Strive Partnership named Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati the winner of the first annual LEARN Award in the organization category. The LEARN (Leading Education Advocacy Reform Now) Award recognizes those in our community who are making a difference in the lives of students in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Assistance League was recognized for the award because of its Operation School Bell school uniform and tutoring programs for disadvantaged youth.
The Strive Partnership is made up of more than 300 organizations committed to improving student achievement from cradle to career in the urban core of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
Cincinnati Better Business Bureau TORCH AWARD
The Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati has been named a 2007 Honoree for the Marketplace Ethics Award given by the Better Business Bureau. They were judged in the Under 5 Million Dollar Non-profit Category. The award focuses on ethical standards of practices regarding volunteers, donors and the communities served. The Assistance League was invited by the Better Business Bureau to apply for this award as they met the standards for Charitable Accountability. The engraved glass plaque denoting Assistance League as an honoree is on display at the Ruth Prall Center in Bond Hill.
2009 ONE Award Performance Winner
Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati was recognized as the Performance Category winner of the coveted ONE Award in October, 2009. "We now have public affirmation that we are doing the right thing in the right way", said Diana Haskell, President Elect. The award is based on an extensive application process using criteria adapted from the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award Program. It recognizes and encourages best practices among Greater Cincinnati nonprofits.
The chapter has been honored with the following awards:
- 1999 YWCA presented Cincinnati Volunteer Service Award.
- 2002 The Greater Cincinnati Coalition on Domestic Violence honored Assistance League for their “contribution to the eradication of domestic violence”.
- 2002 The “Extra Mile Award” was bestowed by the Cincinnati Parents for Public Schools, for the organization’s “extraordinary support” of children of Cincinnati Public Schools.
- 2003 Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission of Head Start recognized Assistance League with a certificate of appreciation.
- 2005 - 2006 Winton Woods School District presented a recognition volunteer award for “involvement, encouragement and caring attitude” with Operation School Bell®.
- 2006 The Freedom Hero Award was presented by WCPO in conjunction with the Underground Railroad Freedom Center with the following statement, “A Freedom Hero is an individual or group that takes action to protect or extend freedom. The action is often as simple as speaking up, working as a catalyst for change or encouraging others to learn, grow and contribute. Freedom Heroes come from all walks of life and may affect any form of freedom including race, gender, religion, speech, press, educational, social, economic issues. We honor the individual whose innovation, involvement and intervention re-directs fate.”
- Other school districts presenting certificates of appreciation include McKinley School, Vine Elementary School and Washington Park Elementary School.
- 2007 Honoree of the Cincinnati Better Business Bureau Torch Award.
- 2009 ONE Award Performance Category Winner.
- 2010 Strive LEARN Award Winner Organization Category.
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