Members of the Hope Street Margolis Family Center, the Assistance League of Los Angeles pose next to the donated backpacks in the facility's library.
Members of the Hope Street Margolis Family Center, the Assistance League of Los Angeles pose next to the donated backpacks in the facility's library. Credit: assistanceleaguela.org

Last Updated on November 5, 2022 by BVN

Kenneth Ng’etich

The Assistance League of Los Angeles and its Operation School Bell program teamed up to provide 150 backpacks to students at the Hope Street Margolis Family Center (Hope Street) at Dignity Health – California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC).

The backpacks filled with hygiene kits and school stationery were handed out to students, many of whom come from underprivileged communities served by CHMC.

The Assistance League of Los Angeles exists to bring hope to impoverished children through donations ranging from new school clothing and grooming products to backpacks, school supplies, books and toys. (website: https://assistanceleaguela.org/operation-school-bell/)

Kenneth Kipruto, a multimedia journalist and assistant editor with the Black Voice News and the IE Voice, covers the environment, climate change and health.