Our Community Service Programs

Transforming Lives โ€ข Strengthening Community

Readers Are Leaders Volunteer reading in classroom

Readers Are Leaders

During the 2023-24 school year, our members read two books each month to 1,200 students in 50 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.

Screening Eyes Early working with a child

Screening Eyes Early (S.E.E.)

During the 2023-24 year, the Screening Eyes Early Program screened 498 preschool children at 17 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 to the city’s residents in need.

Bagging Uniforms

Operation School Bellยฎ

During the 2023-24 school year, Assistance League of San Jose provided school uniforms and sweatshirts to over 5,000 students in San Jose schools (pants, shirts, sweatshirts, underwear and socks).

Baby in layette from Caring Hands

Caring Hands

In the 2023-24 year, Caring Hands created over 2,600 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

24+

thousand hours volunteered

News & Events

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Thank You!

A huge thank you to the amazing businesses that support us & makes our community programs possible! ๐ŸŒŸWe are so grateful ๐ŸŽ‰ for the incredible partnership you provide to us that have truly helped us grow and succeed. ๐Ÿ˜

Thank You, AL of San Jose

Coretta Scott King said, โ€œThe greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.โ€ Thank you, AL of San Jose members, for making our community greater every day.

Dinner for Family Supportive Housing Residents

Once a month, AL of San Jose volunteers deliver a home-cooked dinner๐Ÿ˜‹ to the residents of Family Supportive Housing. ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ This month’s dinner included a Mexican salad, a ๐Ÿ“chicken & a ๐Ÿง€ cheese enchilada casserole, refried beans, chicken nuggets, and brownies for dessert. Delicious! ๐Ÿ’– Check out our Assist-a-Shelter program if you like to cook […]

Story Hour and Donations – Parisi House on the Hill

Every month AL of San Jose visits Parisi House on the Hill to read children’s books ๐Ÿ“š to the moms and children residing there.๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’‹โ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝ Through our experienced volunteers, moms learn baby sign language and fun ways to read stories and sing songs ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸคŸ๐Ÿฝ that teaches pre-reading skills. Moms state “We love story time as it […]

Operation School Bell – over 5,500 Uniforms Delivered!

Operation School Bellยฎ๏ธ ๐Ÿ””has completed the fall uniform deliveries for our 2024-2025 school year. For weeks, our volunteers have been๐Ÿ˜ prepping and ๐Ÿ›๏ธ bagging ๐Ÿ‘•๐Ÿ‘–uniforms and now the Team Liaisons have made ๐Ÿš˜ deliveries to 40 schools in San Jose! That amounts to over 5,500 school-mandated uniforms to San Jose students in need.๐Ÿ‘ Learn more […]

Thank You, Donors!

A huge thank you to our amazing donors who make our community programs possible! ๐ŸŒŸ The Stewart Trust, Stuart Foundation, Safeway Foundation, Delta Gamma Delta, Intero Foundation, Santa Clara County Realtors Foundation, Christie’s/Sereno๐Ÿ‘ We are so grateful ๐ŸŽ‰ for the incredible support and partnership you provide to us that have truly helped us grow and […]

Thank You from Family Supportive Housing

“Family Supportive Housing is so grateful to you for your generous donation of beautiful quilts. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ Your donation helps our families know that people care about them. โค๏ธ Thank you for your kindness and always keeping the families comfy!๐Ÿฅฐ” With gratitude, #familysupportivehousing Please help us help those in need. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ  

Operation School Bell – Bagging Uniforms

Last year, Operation School Bell ย ๐Ÿ”” donated over 25,000 items of clothing to our schools, including pants ๐Ÿ‘–, shirts ๐Ÿ‘•, sweatshirts, socks ๐Ÿงฆ and underwear ๐Ÿฉฒ. Children who previously felt left out and discriminated against now feel included because they resemble their classmates. ๐Ÿ‘ฌ This change allows them to concentrate on their studies. ๐Ÿ“š Does […]

Let’s Get Social!

Let’s connect! Please include us when you post on social media. Help us spread the word ๐Ÿ“ฃ about Assistance Leagueย of San Jose! 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 […]

Did You Know?

๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ‘‘Readers Are Leaders (RAL), a program committed to inspire love of reading began 17 years ago. RAL began with an idea๐Ÿ’กfrom AL of Los Gatos/Saratoga based on WALTR (We All Love to Read). ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š. In 2023-2024, we gave 300 books to teachers๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿซ, 12,830 books to students๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝโ€๐ŸŽ“to take home and keep, 9,360 enrichment activities and 3500 […]

Thank You, Assistance League of San Jose

Dear Assistance League of San Jose, This is Erica, the woman whose house burned down recently. I want to thank each and every one of you that took the time & energy to help put our lives back together again.๐Ÿก ๐Ÿค— Being displaced from our home has left us feeling depressed and anxious. ๐Ÿ˜ฅ Every […]

Thank You from Parisi House on the Hill

“Gloria, I just saw all of the clothing you brought us!! I am speechless. We are incredibly grateful for you and your beautiful team!!” Sincerely, Sara Morales, Program Director, Parisi House on the Hill ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’— The always-generous members of ALSJ make sure that the mothers and children of Parisi House have the clothes they need, […]

News & Events

  • All
  • Donors
  • News
  • Uncategorized

Thank You!

A huge thank you to the amazing businesses that support us & makes our community programs possible! ๐ŸŒŸWe are so grateful ๐ŸŽ‰ for the incredible partnership you provide to us that have truly helped us grow and succeed. ๐Ÿ˜

Thank You, AL of San Jose

Coretta Scott King said, โ€œThe greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.โ€ Thank you, AL of San Jose members, for making our community greater every day.

Dinner for Family Supportive Housing Residents

Once a month, AL of San Jose volunteers deliver a home-cooked dinner๐Ÿ˜‹ to the residents of Family Supportive Housing. ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ This month’s dinner included a Mexican salad, a ๐Ÿ“chicken & a ๐Ÿง€ cheese enchilada casserole, refried beans, chicken nuggets, and brownies for dessert. Delicious! ๐Ÿ’– Check out our Assist-a-Shelter program if you like to cook […]

Story Hour and Donations – Parisi House on the Hill

Every month AL of San Jose visits Parisi House on the Hill to read children’s books ๐Ÿ“š to the moms and children residing there.๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’‹โ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝ Through our experienced volunteers, moms learn baby sign language and fun ways to read stories and sing songs ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸคŸ๐Ÿฝ that teaches pre-reading skills. Moms state “We love story time as it […]

Operation School Bell – over 5,500 Uniforms Delivered!

Operation School Bellยฎ๏ธ ๐Ÿ””has completed the fall uniform deliveries for our 2024-2025 school year. For weeks, our volunteers have been๐Ÿ˜ prepping and ๐Ÿ›๏ธ bagging ๐Ÿ‘•๐Ÿ‘–uniforms and now the Team Liaisons have made ๐Ÿš˜ deliveries to 40 schools in San Jose! That amounts to over 5,500 school-mandated uniforms to San Jose students in need.๐Ÿ‘ Learn more […]

Thank You, Donors!

A huge thank you to our amazing donors who make our community programs possible! ๐ŸŒŸ The Stewart Trust, Stuart Foundation, Safeway Foundation, Delta Gamma Delta, Intero Foundation, Santa Clara County Realtors Foundation, Christie’s/Sereno๐Ÿ‘ We are so grateful ๐ŸŽ‰ for the incredible support and partnership you provide to us that have truly helped us grow and […]

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