Assistance League Of Capistrano Valley Inc

Assistance League of Capistrano Valley engages and empowers volunteers to strengthen our communities.

The Assistance League of Capistrano Valley is an all-volunteer, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been serving the community for over 40 years. Member volunteers are dedicated to ongoing support and a long-term presence in the community through hands-on involvement and innovative philanthropic programs.

Founded in 1977, our member volunteers support children in the Capistrano Unified School District in south Orange County. In a joint program with other local Assistance League chapters, we also support families serving at Camp Pendleton Marine Base. Our organization provides many volunteer opportunities to serve the communities of Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.

Members manage and staff the Bargain Box Thrift Store in San Clemente, which is our primary source of revenue. Our philanthropic programs include back to school clothing for Capistrano Valley students, grants to middle school educators and two scholarship programs. Our Assisteens® auxiliary help support our efforts in the community.

Our annual return to local in-need children is between $100,000 and $200,000.

There are many ways the community can support the Assistance League of Capistrano Valley. Our primary source of revenue is our Bargain Box Thrift Store in San Clemente, which relies on donations and shoppers. New members are needed and always welcome to staff the store and work at program events.

We hold one main fundraiser each year and are always seeking donations from local businesses and places of interest. Our Partners page on our website acknowledges donors and supporters of our fundraisers.  Online donations are welcome on our website.

The chapter also evaluates its philanthropies each year and how they line up with the needs in our community. 

Assistance League of Capistrano Valley serves the communities in South Orange County. Our Links to Learning Program and our Operation School Bell Program serves the students in the Capistrano Unified School District. Links to Learning focuses on the middle schools in CUSD. Operation School Bell also serves students in the CUSD.Our Chapters for Children Program comes to the Camp Pendleton Marine Base to distribute clothing to military students, infants, and toddlers whose families are stationed Camp Pendleton Marine Base. Our scholarships go out to students enrolled in CUSD high schools and at Saddleback College. Hands on Literacy volunteers go to the classrooms of CUSD students. The chapter provides services mainly to students in the following cities: San Clemente, Mission Viejo, Ladera Ranch, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, and Aliso Viejo. 

The Assistance League of Capistrano Valley is a chartered member of the National Assistance League. We serve the Capistrano Unified School District area of Southern Orange County. Last year our volunteers worked more than 22,000 service hours and we served about 14,000 needy children in the Capistrano Unified School District and assisted over 2,000 children of military families. 

Our chapter is made up of wonderful, successful women who want to support their community by giving of their time and energy by helping the local children of Marine families and local school children in need.  This past year in our INSPIRE program, in which we gave $24,000 in scholarships to brave women who left abusive relationships to go back to college to further their education so that their children will have a better life. Our challenge at this time is finding other giving, caring women who have 10 hours a month to give back.  We live in  a world where people are sometimes too busy working to support themselves and their families to take time out to help others,  but our organization can help those with little time find a way to do something to help others. We all work together and when we work together great things happen.   We are in need of the younger women, those in their 40s and 50s, who know technology firsthand.