AL of San Jose created masks for our members, our friends and families during a time when masks are so important to keep us safe and healthy. Our masks are traveling to many places to help stop the spread of COVID and to share with the world what our great organization is continuing to do […]

Our Senior Bingo volunteers, masked and social distancing, met at a park to make beautiful ornaments. These special ornaments will go into gift bags along with lap blankets donated by caring hands, warm, patterned socks, and a Happy Holidays greeting card with a handwritten message from one of our volunteers. The gift bags will be […]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! These cute holiday layettes were handmade by a member of our Caring Hands program. Caring Hands will donate these special bundles to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center’s new baby unit.

Assistance League of San Jose is committed to serving our schools during these challenging times and is pleased that our RAL modifications have been eagerly received. “Thank you again for your generosity, and I look forward to the day when we can return to having the readers in the classroom again.” (Principal)  “I cannot tell […]

We’re supporting Family Supportive Housing’s Friday Night Dinners through our Assist-A-Shelter program. Volunteers are busy making homemade meals and desserts at home and then they are transported to this San Jose family shelter.

Assistance League of San Jose’s Caring Hands volunteers are preparing to deliver holiday layettes to Valley Medical Center.  Our creations will be gifted to new moms and babies during December.

Assistance League of San Jose’s Readers Are Leaders volunteers are missing the students we usually see and share books with every month. We are busy filling book bags with books, pencils and other school supplies especially picked for these students. These special book bags will be distributed to students as they come to pick up their […]

On behalf of everyone at Family Supportive Housing, thank you very much for your home-baked cookies and Friday dinner donations for the month of October. Your unwavering support throughout the pandemic has been invaluable.

It has become a tradition for Readers Are Leaders to give a reference book to the students who are in their program. This year about 1175 first, second, third, and fourth grade students in 49 classes at 10 schools in four school districts will be opening The Fascinating Animal Book for Kids-500 Wild Facts! by […]

Our baking volunteers received a special thank you from staff at Family Supportive Housing. “. . . we want to thank you for your donation of delicious cookies dropped off this month. Thank you for helping us spread some cheer around the shelter!”

Our first online Floral Fantasy was a big success! Thank you to everyone who attended, donated and worked so hard to bring the event into our homes. Members of the Los Gatos-Saratoga chapter and the National Resource Development Committee joined Assistance League of San Jose members to watch Bloomster’s owner, Kren Rasmussen, create six stunning […]

Our Readers Are Leaders team members are busy preparing books for the schools and teachers. “Lucy’s Mask” is going to first and second graders and “School is Different Now” is going to 3rd and 4th graders. These books will be sent with enrichment activities children can do at home. We hope they will enjoy them.