Introduction

Assistance League of Flintridge is a nonprofit service organization of volunteers committed to identifying and serving the needs of the community through philanthropic programs developed and administered by its members.

Assistance League of Flintridge formed in 1951 as a chapter of National Assistance League®, which created its first chapter in 1919. Assistance League now links more than 23,000 community volunteers through more than 100 chapters in 26 states. Each chapter develops and administers programs to meet the needs of their specific communities.

Assistance League of Flintridge supports and administers six philanthropies in La Cañada Flintridge and has two auxiliary organizations whose members also devote their efforts to effective community service:

Assisteens® Auxiliary involves students in grades 7-12. They select their own philanthropic projects and fund them entirely through their own fundraising efforts.Cañada Auxiliary of Professionals (CAP), established in 1990, involves people in the workforce who wish to offer their time to philanthropic endeavors.