The Assistance League of Santa Barbara has approximately 350 members, who volunteered over 54,000 hours last year to support and implement sixteen philanthropic programs.  We are an all volunteer organization with no executive director or paid staff, and the Board of Directors, which is comprised of the officers and committee chairmen, are elected annually. Nationally, 24,000 Assistance League members in 29 states donate over 3 million volunteer hours each year, this serving over 1.5 million people.