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The Young Woman's Home Association (YWHA), again this year, has awarded
grant funds to Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan. The $8,000 grant will help support their signature program, Operation School Bell®, providing new school clothing and basic necessities for students.
Assistance League President Nancy Troyer shared, "
We are so grateful to YWHA for their generous support of our program. Most recently, these funds enabled us to help 82 middle school students in Wayne County shop for new school clothes at a local store."
The grant will also help support
Operation School Bell at elementary schools where students select their own new winter coat, hat, gloves, pants, tops, underwear, socks, hygiene kit, book, and a duffle bag. One of the fourth graders, who lived in a shelter, was determined and successful in finding a book called JUNIE B. JONES because "It makes you laugh before you go to sleep." Th
is is what hope looks like for many children.
In the 2018-19 fiscal year, more than 6,000 students benefited from Assistance League's Operation School Bell program, helping to increase self-esteem and improve school attendance
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For more than 140 years, the Young Woman's Home Association has been contributing to the successful development and enrichment of the lives of women and children. YWHA provides grants to nonprofit agencies serving women and children primarily in Wayne County, Michigan, through education, provision of basic needs and cultural enrichment programs.
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