Family Assistance

As students return to school for some “readin,’ ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic,” to quote the old song about “School Days,” they need pencils, paper, portfolio folders and backpacks. 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. 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. Rossmoor Woman’s 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.