During the 2018-2019 school year, Assistance League of San Jose provided school uniforms to 7,291 students in 39 schools (pants, shirts and socks). What a great feeling to see the children’s excitement when they receive the clothing!
During the 2018-19 school year, over 1,300 students in 55 second and third grade classrooms enjoyed listening to our members read two books each month. The program’s books are left in the classroom to read again and again. Each session, members leave a project or prop that the teacher can add to their curriculum to enhance the reading or to use for further discussion. At holiday time, each child received a book of their own to take home to their family.
Members cook dinner once a month for families at San Jose’s Family Supportive Housing. Four times a year, they put on an event such as a petting zoo, or SuperArtist day, bringing smiles to the families there. Members also volunteer at Cityteam, helping to provide clothing to the city’s residents in need.
In the 2018-2019 year, Caring Hands created over 6,200 items, including baby blankets, baby caps and jackets, booties, chemo caps and lap blankets for patients at Valley Medical Center, Family Supportive Housing, and two residential care facilities.
Assistance League of San Jose has donated 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.
During the 2018-19 year, the Screening Eyes Early Program screened over 500 preschool children at 17 schools to detect early signs of amblyopia (lazy eye) and poor eyesight, alerting parents and teachers to possible sight issues.
Each month, Assistance League members, often on a one-on-one basis, provide craft activities, bingo with small prizes, holiday foods and musical entertainment to residents at San Jose’s A Grace Sub Acute & Skilled Care facility and Stonebrook Convalescent Homes.
Ten of our members had the pleasure of attending the National Assistance League conference: Connect 2019. The attendees all got some great ideas at the conference sessions and from talking with Assistance League members from across the country. Since there were ten from our San Jose Chapter attending, we shared ideas every night over dinner. […]
Feeling lucky? The quilters of Caring Hands have created four (4!) beautiful quilts to raffle off at the September Regular Meeting. Bring a little cash and cross your fingers. You may be a winner!
Remember to bring your checkbook to the September and October regular meetings. Be ready to purchase gift cards to use as gifts for others or for your own shopping. Our chapter gets 5% to 14% back from each gift card sale. It’s such an easy way to raise money for ALSJ.
The members of ALSJ are very much appreciative of the funds our donors have allowed us to use to purchase the uniforms for the children whom we serve. We extend our gratitude for your generous donations: Almaden Valley Women’s Club, Applied Materials Foundation, B. Bynum Family, Deborah & Henry Pao Foundation, San Jose Council District […]
Each summer, Hicklebee’s helps members choose the wonderful books for the Readers Are Leaders program and offers assistance in purchasing books that we read. Thank you, Hicklebee’s, for supporting our effort to bring the joy of reading to children in our community.
A favorite Assist-a-Shelter enrichment activity at Family Supportive Housing is Little Explorers Petting Zoo. Adorable baby farm animals meet the delighted children and parents in the pen set up in the parking garage. Petting, brushing, and touching the baby animals is allowed and encouraged. Happy children’s voices are amazed at how the hair, horns, and […]
Over the summer, Readers Are Leaders volunteers chose the books they will read during the 2019-2020 school year. They read and discussed dozens of options before deciding on the final reading list. Once a month, students will hear and read two books. The list includes science, biography and non-fiction choices. In December, each student will […]
Check out the article on page 8 in the Almaden Times July 28 – August 8, 2019 issue. Assistance League of San Jose is the subject of Greg Goodman’s Lion’s Club article. Thank you, for spotlighting our chapter this month!
Members, and a few extra non-member volunteers, unloaded 636 cartons containing a total of 19,500 shirts and pants, sorted them by size and type and readied the inventory to organize for distribution. Thousands of students in need in San Jose can look forward to new uniforms for the school year. Thank you volunteers!
Assistance League of San Jose thanks Believe in Reading, funded by the Potash Family Foundation, for their generous support of Readers Are Leaders. As we choose and order books for the upcoming school year, we are so grateful for the donations that help us implement the program. Thank you, Believe in Reading!
Thank you to our new members for hosting a beautiful Charter Luncheon. Our president, Donna Christian, reviewed the chapter programs and we shared so many wonderful successes for 2018-2019. We officially welcomed all of our new members and installed the 2019-20 Board. Now we’re looking forward to another exciting year with Assistance League of San […]
Even during the summer, Caring Hands volunteers continue their work. At the June meeting 216 layettes, each with a hand crocheted hat, crocheted-edged blanket and a onesie, were collected. That afternoon, they were delivered to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. “AMAZING” doesn’t seem adequate enough to describe all of you who belong to this group. […]
The Readers Are Leaders Del Roble Team Members were the recipients of the Oak Grove School District Vision Award for Community Involvement. They were honored at the Oak Grove School District Board meeting on May 9 for their “…outstanding contribution to school and society; for participating in programs, organizations, and activities which make our community […]
Members enjoyed a delicious lunch in the historic Gamble House Estate, a great way to meet with other members on a social outing. The beautiful estate was constructed in Palo Alto in 1902, one of the first to be built in the area. After lunch members were led through the 3 acres of formal gardens […]
Thank you Santa Clara Valley Brandeis National Committee for giving our chapter the opportunity to support your Lunch with the Authors event and participate in the fundraising effort. The luncheon was a success, both groups raising funds to support their programs. 49 members of our chapter attended, enjoying talks and comments by five local authors. […]
At the May regular meeting we raffled off two of Lynda Tomasello’s beautiful hand crocheted afghans. Thank you, Lynda for donating the afghans and congratulations to the winners, Sandy Gerhardt and Patsy Houston.
Ten of our members had the pleasure of attending the National Assistance League conference: Connect 2019. The attendees all got some great ideas at the conference sessions and from talking with Assistance League members from across the country. Since there were ten from our San Jose Chapter attending, we shared ideas every night over dinner. […]
Feeling lucky? The quilters of Caring Hands have created four (4!) beautiful quilts to raffle off at the September Regular Meeting. Bring a little cash and cross your fingers. You may be a winner!
Remember to bring your checkbook to the September and October regular meetings. Be ready to purchase gift cards to use as gifts for others or for your own shopping. Our chapter gets 5% to 14% back from each gift card sale. It’s such an easy way to raise money for ALSJ.
The members of ALSJ are very much appreciative of the funds our donors have allowed us to use to purchase the uniforms for the children whom we serve. We extend our gratitude for your generous donations: Almaden Valley Women’s Club, Applied Materials Foundation, B. Bynum Family, Deborah & Henry Pao Foundation, San Jose Council District […]
Each summer, Hicklebee’s helps members choose the wonderful books for the Readers Are Leaders program and offers assistance in purchasing books that we read. Thank you, Hicklebee’s, for supporting our effort to bring the joy of reading to children in our community.
A favorite Assist-a-Shelter enrichment activity at Family Supportive Housing is Little Explorers Petting Zoo. Adorable baby farm animals meet the delighted children and parents in the pen set up in the parking garage. Petting, brushing, and touching the baby animals is allowed and encouraged. Happy children’s voices are amazed at how the hair, horns, and […]
thousand dollars returned to the San Jose community
thousand people served in the San Jose community
thousand hours volunteered
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