The Rancho San Dieguito chapter of the Assistance League is becoming independent from the National Assistance League and will continue as a separate nonprofit called Impact Coastal Alliance. The nonprofit based in Encinitas will have the “same people with the same mission, under a new name,” said the Alliance’s president LynnMarie Cooper.
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As an independent group, The Alliance is expected to have more of a local focus and more flexibility in carrying out its mission serving the community. All of the proceeds raised through grants, fundraising events and the Impact Coastal Alliance Thrift Shop in Encinitas are slated to go to the nonprofit’s community projects. In the past, more than half of membership dues went to the National Assistance League, and the chapter expects that to increase, which was a major factor in becoming independent.
Members of the Alliance will continue as volunteers supporting existing programs and services, with more programs being planned to address local needs. The nonprofit is starting to put out its new name and logo, with new signs slated to go up at the Impact Coastal Alliance Thrift Shop, (formerly Assistance League San Dieguito Thrift Shop) at 1542 Encinitas Blvd.
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The nonprofit’s philanthropic work, which started in the community in 1997, will continue to focus on “students, survivors and community.”
Ongoing programs include Ready, Set, School, which provides new school clothing for underserved youths and backpacks with school supplies to local students in need; Scholarships for area students; PREP, which provides tutoring at Encinitas Head Start; Bravo for Books, which provides hundreds of new books to local children to inspire reading; Ocean Knoll Alliance, where members tutor students in math and supply clothing for Ocean Knoll elementary school’s emergency closet; Impact Teens, which encourages community service by local teens; and Surviving After Violence, which supports domestic violence survivors at One Safe Place. Visit impactcoastalalliance.org for more information.
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