When we wear our AL tops, people may ask about Assistance League. Take the opportunity to tell them about our chapter and all that we do for the community.💬😊 Let’s check our closets for an AL of San Jose t-shirt, vest or button-down! 👚Wear it on Wednesday (or any day!) 🗓️and introduce neighbors to AL […]

Children 👦 👧 at Family Supportive Housing created their own puppets 👹 for a puppet show with the help of AL of San Jose volunteers. The kids had fun and so did the volunteers! Do you like working with children? 🥰 Do you like flexing your creative muscles? 💪 Check us out. We sponsor several […]

🤲🏼🤲🏻Together, we brought in over $5,000 💵 for ALSJ with HundredX. Every member, family member, and friend over 18 👨🏼‍🦱👩🏼‍🦳👨🏼‍🦳👨🏼‍🦰🧔🏼‍♂️was able to take part, and it couldn’t have been easier 🥳—just a short comment and an emoji tap on a wide range of brands. HundredX gathers consumer feedback and turns it into meaningful support for […]

In ❤️ February our members went to BJs Restaurant & Brewhouse 🍺 🍔 for our Dining For Dollars fundraiser. 😋 Yummy! We are 😊 grateful to @bjsrestaurants for donating a generous % percentage of our members’ meals 🥘 to our ALSJ programs. Everything was delicious! 😋 And it was a 🤗 fun time hanging out […]

📚In February, Readers Are Leaders (RAL) volunteers read “Mavis the Bravest” by Lu Fraser, illustrated by Sarah Warburton and “Solitary Animals” by Joshua David Stein, illustrated by Dominique Ramsey to 48 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms in San Jose. Students loved the books and they love the readers, too!💖 Both books📔📕were donated to the classroom […]

“Assistance League – Thank you for the fun games and for checking our eyes!”🙏 reads student artwork signed by the children at Lotus Preschool. It’s so important to check the eyesight of young children. They often don’t even realize that they have a difficult time seeing things clearly. 👀 Early identification of “lazy eye” (amblyopia) […]

Our AL of San Jose volunteers had an absolute💥blast 👩🏻‍🍳whipping up and🍛 dishing out a😋 scrumptious meal at #familysupportivehousing! Feast your eyes on this menu: 🍝 Penne Pasta with Meatballs, , 🥦 Broccoli Florets, 🥖 Soft Garlic & Cheesy breadsticks, 🐔 Chicken Nuggets (for the kids & adults too!) and luscious 🧁 cupcakes for dessert! […]

Yum! There’s nothing like a couple of delicious homemade cookies🍪🍪 after school to make homework a little easier. Every month AL of San Jose volunteers bake cookies for the families at San Jose’s Family Supportive Housing. Even their own families help out with the baking. 🥣Kids understand how a good cookie tastes after school!😋 Do […]

✅Register for “Lunch with the Authors”, Thursday, March 5, before it’s too late! Registration closes on February 21st. Hear five great authors discuss their work.📘📚📖: Meg Waite Clayton, Julie Fingersh, Hannah Jayne, Gail Tsukiyama and Brian Copeland. You can meet the authors and enjoy a delicious lunch😋 or opt to stream the event live!🧑‍💻 To […]

Our Readers Are Leaders Program Chairs met with Sunny Ochoa from the Valley Health Foundation to donate 300 books for patients to enjoy. 📚 Sunny also arranged a tour 👀of the pediatric ward teen room and children’s library. It was very inspiring🙏 to see the work being done to give light and space for patients […]

AL of San Jose was delighted to 👏 welcome guest speakers, Blake & Suzanne Hunter to our January Regular Meeting. 👏 Suzanne has been an active member of our chapter since 2024. She and her son Blake are both in the real estate business. They delivered an insightful presentation outlining the steps for downsizing as […]

In addition to the uniforms 👩‍🏫delivered at the beginning of the school year, Operation School Bell® 🔔 also delivered over 3,000 sweatshirts to 33 schools 🏫 and 1 Homeless and Foster Youth program.👏 Check the tabs under How We Help to learn more about Operation School Bell 🔔 and our other programs.