“Thank you for giving me new shoes” Our Footsteps program provides new school shoes to children whose families cannot keep up with growing feet and daily wear and tear. Through referrals from school principals and counselors, ALNC aids children from Oceanside, Vista, and Carlsbad elementary schools and MAAC Project Pre-school sites. Most Wednesday mornings during …

“I Love to Read and I’m good at it” is not only the motto for our reading incentive program in North County schools, but it’s the imprint on the T-Shirts the kids compete for. Each school is assigned an ALNC volunteer liaison who works throughout the year with the schools to provide assistance with the …

“This year, the underwear, socks, sweat pants and sweat shirts have been a much needed addition to our school health office.  Thank you for all you do for the students.” After we receive uniform requests from school staffs, needy students in Oceanside elementary schools are provided with uniforms. These consist of two pairs of pants …

ALNC provides books for Oceanside, Carlsbad and Vista school libraries.  We work with Librarians in elementary and middle schools to replace books worn out from so much use, as well as to provide newly published works of as fiction and non-fiction recommended for school-aged children. Some of the kids don’t even have a dictionary at …

We loan 22 “babies” to Oceanside, Vista and Carlsbad high schools. The schools incorporate the care of these “infants” into their curriculum to help students understand the challenges and demands of parenting. The dolls have computer chips that cause them to cry at all hours of the day or night and the students must figure …