OPERATION SCHOOL BELL®
Operation School Bell®, our signature program, began in 1999 and has grown continuously since then. We currently have agreements with 46 elementary and parochial schools in the Greater Cincinnati area to which we provide new clothing and hygiene supplies for students in grades K to 6 who are deemed eligible for assistance by the principal and/or resource coordinator. Each partner school files a request and then receives pants, short-sleeve and long-sleeve shirts, underwear, socks, fleece jackets, and belts, which are distributed to both boys and girls by school resource coordinators. The schools also receive toothpaste and toothbrushes, boys’ deodorant, girls’ deodorant, soap, and packages of feminine pads, which are distributed to those children in need. During 2024-2025, we served 14,449 students, 8,458 with clothing and 5,991 with hygiene products. We have served over 100,936 students since the program's inception.
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ALCares4Kids
ALCares4Kids was renamed in 2022 from the original Kinship Foster Care program to expand our support to homeless children. It started in 2018 as a partnership with The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital CHECK Foster Care Center. The CHECK program provides screening, physical evaluations, and clinical care for children living in foster and kinship care in Hamilton County. Since then, Jack’s Closet in Anderson Township, Ohio, Monkey Beans in Sardinia, Ohio, The Vinedresser in Florence, Ky., and Tabitha’s Closet in Morrow, Ohio, which provide recycled clothing to foster and kinship care families, have been added as partners of ALGC. Tabitha’s Closet also provides clothing to homeless children. We provide packages of new undergarments, socks, diapers, baby wipes, and hygiene items monthly to each partner, depending on their need. ALGC provided 11,378 items to 7,529 children during 2024-2025, an increase of 22.5% compared to last year. Since its inception, 23,293 children have benefited from these distributions.
New Beginnings
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New Beginnings provides 2 levels of service: (1) a Welcome Kit for new arrivals at the Crisis Centers and (2) New Beginnings (household) Kits for families moving on to a new home. The Welcome Kits provide clean clothing for women arriving at a Women’s Crisis Center. Upon arrival at a shelter, women seeking protection receive a Welcome Kit containing a T-shirt, socks, a hygiene kit, underwear, and wipes, packaged in a reusable drawstring bag. Children are provided with underwear and socks. These items are purchased, packaged, and delivered to 7 shelters in Hamilton, Warren, Clermont, and Butler Counties in Ohio, and Kenton County in Kentucky. When the stay at the crisis center ends, women and children wishing to start a new life away from the abuser are assisted in finding a new home. ALGC then provides newly purchased items in a New Beginnings (household) Kit and age-appropriate Child kits. The 47-item kit includes cleaning products, bed and bath linens, and a complete kitchen set for the family. Kits of bedding and hygiene items are provided for babies, toddlers, and older children. In the past year, 571 total kits, including 223 adult home kits and 70 Welcome Kits, were distributed to 293 adults and 267 children. Since its inception in 1997, 14,429 women and children have benefited from this program.
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Assault Survivor Kits
Assault Survivor Kits® started in 1996. This program provides new clothing and hygiene supplies for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. We assemble a new pair of sweatpants, a sweatshirt, a T-shirt, socks, underwear, and hygiene supplies into a reusable drawstring bag. The kits are delivered to three organizations whose Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners assist victims: SANE of Butler County, The ION Center for Violence Prevention, and the TriHealth Center for Abuse and Rape Emergency (CARES program). These organizations distribute the packaged kits, bras, and boxer briefs to 31 hospitals in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area, where survivors of sexual assault are treated. This year, Assistance League packaged and delivered 1,734 items to 189 individuals, raising our to-date total to 7,811 for those who benefited.
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