Our Community Service Programs

Transforming Lives โ€ข Strengthening Community

Readers Are Leaders Volunteer reading in classroom

Readers Are Leaders

During the 2024-25 school year, our members read two books each month to over 1,000 students in 49 second and third grade classrooms. The books, along with related projects, are left in the classroom. Each child received a book of their own to take home at the holidays and 3 books to read over the summer.

Listening to Readers

Volunteers read aloud various genres of books to students in 2nd and 3rd grade San Jose schools, modeling reading with expression and instilling in students a love of reading.

Bagging Uniforms

Operation School Bellยฎ

During the 2024-25 school year, Assistance League of San Jose provided school uniforms and sweatshirts to over 4,500 students in San Jose schools (pants, shirts, sweatshirts, underwear and socks).

Screening Eyes Early working with a child

Screening Eyes Early (S.E.E.)

During the 2024-25 year, the Screening Eyes Early Program screened 528 preschool children at 19 pre-schools to detect early signs of amblyopia (lazy eye) and poor eyesight, alerting parents and teachers to possible sight issues.

Assist-a-Shelter Petting Zoo at Family Supportive Housing

Assist-a-Shelter

Members cook dinner once a month at San Jose’s Family Supportive Housing. Four times a year, they put on a special event for the families. Members also read to Moms and their children at Parisi House on the Hill and volunteer at CityTeam, helping to provide food and toiletries to the city’s residents in need.

Baby in layette from Caring Hands

Caring Hands

In the 2024-25 year, Caring Hands created over 2,300 baby blankets for new moms at local hospitals, plus additional quilts and lap blankets for Parisi House on the Hill, Family Supportive Housing, and two residential care facilities.

Senior Bingo at A Grace

Bingo

Assistance League members provide craft activities, bingo with small prizes, holiday foods and gift bags to residents at San Jose’s A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care facility and Stonebrook Convalescent Homes.

Hug-a-Bear

Hug-a-Bear

Assistance League of San Jose donates thousands of teddy bears to organizations serving children in crisis through organizations including the San Jose Police Department, Santa Clara County domestic abuse centers, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Family Supportive Housing.

Year in Review

94%

of funds raised are returned to the San Jose community

27+

thousand people served inย the San Joseย community

28

thousand hours volunteered

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Baking for Family Supportive Housing

AL of San Jose โค๏ธ loves baking cookies for the children at Family Supportive Housing. Each month members sign up to make 4 dozen different kinds of ๐Ÿช cookies each. These delicious cookies are packaged in individual baggies and given to the ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿง’๐Ÿฝchildren to go with their lunches or as an afternoon treat! Like to […]

Thank You from Family Supportive Housing

Dear ALSJ, Thank you for your generous donation of quilts ๐Ÿ›๏ธ, books ๐Ÿ“š, teddy bears ๐Ÿงธ, and cookies ๐Ÿช! As summer ๐ŸŒž winds down, our families are settling in and getting cozy for the upcoming fall season ๐Ÿ‚. Your donation allows families to feel comfortable, respected, and cared ๐Ÿฅฐfor while they are staying in the […]

Thank You to the San Jose Public Library for their Partnership with Readers Are Leaders

This year, the AL of San Jose Readers Are Leaders (RAL) volunteers teamed up with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library ๐Ÿ“– to select books for the 2025-2026 school year. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š From this selection, the RAL team chose a diverse range of ๐Ÿ“š books. Our volunteers will read two books each month to […]

Dining for Dollars at Al Castello Ristorante

In September our members went to Al Castello Ristorante ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿณ for our Dining For Dollars fundraiser. What a treat! We can’t thank Al Castello enough for donating a generous percentage of our members’ meals ๐Ÿฅ˜ to ALSJ’s programs. Everything was delicious! ๐Ÿ˜‹

Dinners at Family Supportive Housing

AL of San Jose provides a ๐Ÿ—“๏ธmonthly ๐Ÿฅ˜ dinner for the residents of Family Supportive Housinng (FSH). In ๐ŸSeptember, our chapter volunteers had an ๐Ÿ˜Š amazing time preparing and serving a delightful ๐Ÿ— meal to the residents at FSH. The residents savored a delicious feast that included roasted ๐Ÿ— chicken,๐ŸŒฝ corn on the cob, ๐Ÿฅฆ […]

Operation School Bellยฎ Delivers Uniforms

It’s that โฐ time of year again, AL of San Jose has begun delivering ๐Ÿ‘• uniforms to the 34 elementary ๐Ÿซ schools in San Jose schools. We deliver ๐Ÿ“ฆ thousands of items of clothing to schools in three San Jose school districts for distribution to ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿฝ students by school personnel. Students receive ๐Ÿ‘•๐Ÿ‘– shirts, pants […]

Story Hour at Parisi House on the Hill

Once a month, AL of San Jose volunteers read๐Ÿ“– to the moms and their children living at Parisi House on the Hill. ๐Ÿคฑ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆTots five years old and younger live at Parisi House with their moms while their mothers are offered support to break free from addiction. Story Hour is a wonderful break for the residents […]

Fall Floral Fantasy Fundraiser at Mr. Mojito’s

It was so much fun ๐Ÿฅณ to bring back our Floral Fantasy Fundraiser! ๐ŸŒป Kren Rasmussen, owner of Bloomster’s and award-winning floral designer, kept us captivated with his behind-the-scenes stories while creating jaw-dropping floral arrangements. ๐Ÿ’ After a most entertaining display, we ate a delicious lunch ๐Ÿฅ— while catching up with other members and friends. […]

Bag, Pack and Load up the Cars for Operation School Bell

The Operation School Bell program is in action for the 2025-26 school year! ๐Ÿซ AL of San Jose is sorting uniforms and packing them for delivery to elementary schools in San Jose. Thousands of uniforms will be donated for children in need in our community.๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ“ฆ๐Ÿ“ฆ Students receive shirts, pants or leggings and socks. When all […]

Let’s Connect! โšก๏ธ๐Ÿ”Œโšก๏ธ

Please help us spread the word ๐Ÿ“ฃ about Assistance Leagueยฎ๏ธ of San Jose! Include us when you post on social media! We are ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ proud of what we do in our community with ourโฃ๏ธ volunteer programs. โœ… Check us out at www.alsj.org to see all that we do! โœ… Tag us on Facebook! #assistanceleagueofsanjose โœ… […]

Thank you, AL of San Jose for Donating Shoes to Almaden Valley Women’s Club’s Shoe Drive

Assistance League of San Jose donated shoes ๐Ÿฅฟ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ž to Almaden Valley Women’s Club for their scholarship program.๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿซ. “Thank you for your thoughtful donation to Almaden Valley Women’s Club. Your support directly contributes to the Scholarships for Seniors in Santa Clara Valley…. We appreciate your commitment to our mission. Thank you for making a difference. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ” […]

Welcome Back, Members!

Our first regular business meeting of the year in August is always a lively occasion. A potluck lunch ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿฅ— is a treat, friends are glad to see each other ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ after summer vacations and events, and there is always lots of exciting business to discuss! This year we welcomed many new members as well ๐ŸŽ‰. […]

News & Events

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Baking for Family Supportive Housing

AL of San Jose โค๏ธ loves baking cookies for the children at Family Supportive Housing. Each month members sign up to make 4 dozen different kinds of ๐Ÿช cookies each. These delicious cookies are packaged in individual baggies and given to the ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿง’๐Ÿฝchildren to go with their lunches or as an afternoon treat! Like to […]

Thank You from Family Supportive Housing

Dear ALSJ, Thank you for your generous donation of quilts ๐Ÿ›๏ธ, books ๐Ÿ“š, teddy bears ๐Ÿงธ, and cookies ๐Ÿช! As summer ๐ŸŒž winds down, our families are settling in and getting cozy for the upcoming fall season ๐Ÿ‚. Your donation allows families to feel comfortable, respected, and cared ๐Ÿฅฐfor while they are staying in the […]

Thank You to the San Jose Public Library for their Partnership with Readers Are Leaders

This year, the AL of San Jose Readers Are Leaders (RAL) volunteers teamed up with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library ๐Ÿ“– to select books for the 2025-2026 school year. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š From this selection, the RAL team chose a diverse range of ๐Ÿ“š books. Our volunteers will read two books each month to […]

Dining for Dollars at Al Castello Ristorante

In September our members went to Al Castello Ristorante ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿณ for our Dining For Dollars fundraiser. What a treat! We can’t thank Al Castello enough for donating a generous percentage of our members’ meals ๐Ÿฅ˜ to ALSJ’s programs. Everything was delicious! ๐Ÿ˜‹

Dinners at Family Supportive Housing

AL of San Jose provides a ๐Ÿ—“๏ธmonthly ๐Ÿฅ˜ dinner for the residents of Family Supportive Housinng (FSH). In ๐ŸSeptember, our chapter volunteers had an ๐Ÿ˜Š amazing time preparing and serving a delightful ๐Ÿ— meal to the residents at FSH. The residents savored a delicious feast that included roasted ๐Ÿ— chicken,๐ŸŒฝ corn on the cob, ๐Ÿฅฆ […]

Operation School Bellยฎ Delivers Uniforms

It’s that โฐ time of year again, AL of San Jose has begun delivering ๐Ÿ‘• uniforms to the 34 elementary ๐Ÿซ schools in San Jose schools. We deliver ๐Ÿ“ฆ thousands of items of clothing to schools in three San Jose school districts for distribution to ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿฝ students by school personnel. Students receive ๐Ÿ‘•๐Ÿ‘– shirts, pants […]

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