CHILDREN ARE BROUGHT TO OSB HOLLYWOOD

Operation School Bell Hollywood is our facility located in Hollywood, California. Students are brought in by their LAUSD counselors for new school clothing. The facility is run by volunteers and generally open Monday through Thursday during the school year. School PSA counselors call and schedule a time to bring students to the facility. When the students arrive, they are welcomed into an area filled with tables, chairs, games, and art supplies.
A volunteer is assigned to each child and the child is taken into an adjacent area where the volunteer fits the child with new socks and shoes. After the new shoes are selected, the child is ushered into the dressing area where he tries on new school clothes, jackets and jeans. Each child receives enough clothing to wear to school for a week. The children who come to Hollywood are desperately in need of shoes and clothing that fits them and looks good on them.
    
For many children, these are the first new clothes that they have seen for a very long time. These children are so excited about their new clothes that many choose to wear the new clothing and new shoes back to school.
 

Having received their clothing, the child returns to the reception area where he
selects a toy or game to take home, as
well as, a book, a backpack and grooming essentials — a brush, toothbrush, soap, shampoo, and deodorant. The children then return to their school with the PSA
counselor. On Special Saturdays through-out the year, OSB Hollywood opens it doors to the older children who can’t miss school and others who are not able to come during weekdays.

On these Saturdays, the Anne Banning Professionals — members who work during the week — provide the volunteer support for the day. They are assisted by the Explorers — a program of the LASPD and other community volunteers. During a typical Saturday workday, 60-80 children will be served.

The OSB Hollywood location also serves as the primary location for inventory receiving, processing and storage.