Fostering Success – Assistance League of Santa Clarita

Fostering Success is one of eight Assistance League® of Santa Clarita’s philanthropic programs that support our community. Fostering Success provides basic needs, including vision care, to College of the Canyons students who have aged out of foster care. Assistance League has partnered with Dora Lozano of Inspire Scholars at College of the Canyons (COC) and Gina Stevens from Foster Youth Independence (F.Y.I.) to identify these students and their needs in order to maximize support for their learning and development.
Beginning in August, members of the Fostering Success Committee organized, purchased and delivered hygiene products to Inspire Scholars of COC. These much needed items were then made available to the students in the program at the start of the fall semester and will be accessible throughout the semester. A second delivery of hygiene products will be provided at the beginning of the spring semester.
Through Operation School Bell®, students in the Inspire Scholars Program and F.Y.I. will be able to shop at JCPenney for clothing, whether it be shoes, specialized workplace clothes or for school. Household items will also be provided by Assistance League. Volunteers will be available during the shopping events to assist students find what they need at the best price possible.
Fostering Success also provides students with eye exams and eyeglasses. Students are identified and referred to Assistance League of Santa Clarita’s Vision Care Program by Inspire Scholars and/or F.Y.I. on a case-by-case basis. Proceeds from Assistance League’s Resale Store, contributions from our generous donors and service hours provided by Assistance League of Santa Clarita member volunteers, all contribute to make this program a success.