Assistance League of San Jose volunteers gathered at a park to assemble 35 gift bags containing a book, a stuffed bunny, a pretty handmade box holding 2 lip balms and a handwritten Easter/spring card. These surprises will be delivered to Stonebrook Skilled Nursing Facility where our Senior Bingo program has been suspended due to COVID protocols. We miss all those smiling […]

Wow, look at those cookies! AL of San Jose volunteers continue to find creative ways to support Family Supportive Housing, a local shelter, by providing homemade dinners and deliciously crafted cookies.

Close Encounters with the Authors concluded on March 23 with a fantastic session. Children’s literature was spotlighted with three purveyors of magic whose books celebrate the ideas of inclusion, perserverance, and doing the right thing . . . and having fun along the way! Many thanks to Ori Gutin, Gennifer Choldenko and moderator Larry Gerston […]

AL of San Jose’s Readers Are Leaders program, besides reading and donating books to students’ classrooms, also provides a $50 grant to the teachers in our Readers Are Leaders classrooms.  One creative and thrift-conscious teacher was able to purchase all of these books for her classroom to model her love of reading with her students. […]

Volunteers delivered 10 very special quilts, created by Karen T., to Parisi House on the Hill this week. These beautiful quilts are given to each new resident in a Welcome bag. We are proud to support Parisi House in their mission to guide women on their journey to break free of addiction and provide them […]

Recently, our Caring Hands program received $100.00 from Joann’s Handmade Heroes program. AL of San Jose’s Caring Hands volunteers continue to inspire and help our local community by using their hands, hearts and minds to create beautiful baby caps and blankets that we donate to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center’s infant center.

Close Encounters with the Authors session #2 brought three diverse authors to our screens. Members of the Assistance League of San Jose and the Brandeis National Committee, along with their friends and guests, enjoyed meeting with Robert Dugoni, Rachel Levin and Ann Bridges. They don’t all write the same kind of books, but all talked […]

AL of San Jose has received a generous donation from the Safeway Foundation for the Readers Are Leaders program. The chairs of Readers Are Leaders and the Grant committee, along with the chapter President, were excited to receive Safeway Foundation’s check. Our chapter is so grateful for their support.

Our Zoom fundraising event, Close Encounter with the Authors, went off with hardly a hitch!  Members of AL of San Jose and the Brandeis National Committee, along with their friends and guests, enjoyed meeting with Kate Quinn (author of the Rose Code), Susan Meissner (The Nature of Fragile Things) and Elayne Klasson (Love is a […]

Our partnership with Barnes & Noble through Jerri Kazmierczak has provided an abundance of books to give to the community during AL Action Week. We gave out 2,335 books valued at over $18,000 to Family Supportive Housing, Valley Med Pediatric Center, Parisi House on the Hill, 10 Readers Are Leaders Schools and 3 Middle Schools. […]

It’s Friday night Mexican food dinner for the residents at Family Supportive Housing. AL of San Jose volunteers enjoy creating yummy dinners and Family Supportive Housing is so appreciative of this delicious donation.

Our Yard Signs are delivered and looking good around the town. We still have a few left, email us at info@alsj.org if your yard is calling out to be a part of the display while supporting Assistance League of San Jose.