School Supplies Donated To Joint Forces Airbase Families

LOS ALAMITOS, CA — Rossmoor Women's Club is working to make sure all incoming students in their Family Assistance program have all the tools they need to go back to school.

Susan Denley of the Rossmoor Women's Club chatted with Patch about the program and why they do it.

As students return to school for some “readin’ and ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic,” to quote the old song about “School Days,” they need pencils, paper, portfolio folders and backpacks, she said. The ladies of the women's club work for weeks to enable the children to have what they need to succeed.

"The Rossmoor Woman’s Club recently presented 110 backpacks and the supplies to fill them to the Family Assistance program at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Base," Denley said. "The program and the Bob Hope USO of Orange County plan to distribute the gifts to students in kindergarten through 12th grade who are children of military personnel. "

Photo, courtesy Rossmoor Woman’s Club: Club member Nina Millar, center, delivered the backpacks and supplies to USO volunteer Jan Spriggs, left, and Family Assistance Specialist Cara Borm, right, on Aug. 8.