20 years ago, AL of San Jose began working in partnership with Prevent Blindness of Northern California. So for 20 years, our Screening Eyes Early Program (S.E.E.) has provided vision screening, detecting early signs of amblyopia and other vision problems. Just in Jan – March of 2023, a total of 234 3-5 year old pre-schoolers […]

Our chapter has the privilege to partner with 3 shelters that assist community members in need to “get back on their feet” during trying times. What a great feeling it is to provide 😋delicious dinners, 🎃Halloween treats bags for the children, ⛄️fun creative arts & crafts during the holidays, and 🥕packing of food to provide […]

Thank you Jack Holders Restaurant for providing not only a yummy place for our members to laugh, eat, talk and relax, but also a fun way for us to fundraise for our community programs. Your support of our San Jose chapter and our community in need is appreciated.

AL of San Jose members have fun playing Bingo monthly at two residential care centers in San Jose. For the people who live there, it is a highlight of their month! We bring prizes for every resident because everyone is a winner!

Planning, Shopping, Cooking Delivering! Love to cook? Our members plan home-cooked, fresh and nourishing dinner menus, shop for ingredients, and cook and deliver one time a month for families in need at Family Supportive Housing.

At our recent 40th Year Celebration we asked members why AL of San Jose has been so successful for 40 years. Here is one answer. Click on our website at www.alsj.org to see all we do for the San Jose community.

Happy mothers with their children receiving delightful books after our volunteers read to them in Spanish and in English at Parisi House. We enjoy reading, singing and teaching sign language to the babies every month. Love reading to spread joy, then join us!

We are excited that our AL of San Jose’s Readers Are Leaders program is in full swing! Our Team Leads are picking up the books that will be read in the classrooms. For seven months of the school year, beginning in October, we enjoy reading two books to the students in the fifty-one 2nd and […]

What fun to be treated with a cookie as an incentive while doing homework, or find a surprise cookie in one’s lunch! Time to help in your community? We shop, bake and deliver fresh homemade cookies for children and their families at Family Supportive Housing.

We are happily delivering uniforms, socks, and underwear to our local school districts during the months of August and September. It’s important for all children to have these mandated uniforms to feel a part of their school community. Uniforms create cohesion, remove peer pressure, improve study ethic, & provide for easier mornings for students and […]

AL of San Jose donates cuddly bears and beautifully hand-made quilts to the residents at Family Supportive Housing. There’s nothing more welcoming to a shelter than a bear to hug for strength and a quilt to wrap around yourself for security. Please check us out to see all of the wonderful donations we make to […]

Our members busily work at CityTeam sorting food for distribution to families in low income neighborhoods of San Jose. Healthy items getting sorted and packed include fresh fruits, veggies, beans and chickens.