It’s the last session of another wonderful school year for our Readers are Leaders volunteers! We had a fabulous time 📖 📗reading two books a month to the 2nd and 3rd graders in 50 classrooms in the San Jose Unified, Oak Grove and Alum Rock districts. The students showed their appreciation with their ❤️ heartfelt […]

In April, Readers are Leaders volunteers read “Pig the Rebel” by Aaron Blabey, and “Except Antarctica” by Todd Sturgell. Each student also received the National Geographic Kids book 🦫 “Animal Architects” by Libby Romero to take home. Adding more enjoyment and understanding, enrichment projects for each book were given to the teachers to distribute to […]

Thank you Jack Holder’s Restaurant 🥗 for supporting our Dining for Dollars ＄fundraiser event. Our members had a 👏🏼 wonderful time gathering together,🗣️talking and 🤣 laughing while enjoying a 😋 delicious meal! Our Dining for Dollars is one of the many🥰 fabulous fundraising events we have as a chapter. Want to experience a good time? […]

AL of San Jose members were excited to 👏welcome Katsuri Basu, Principal of Lyndale Elementary School, at their monthly regular chapter meeting. Members know that our donations of 📚books, 👕uniforms and sweatshirts are needed in many San Jose schools, but it was wonderful to hear how much they are appreciated. Principal Basu told us that […]

Our volunteers (and their grandkids 👧🏻🧒🏽) enjoy 🛒 shopping and assembling 🛍️ bags of toiletries (approximately 75-100 each month) for delivery to CityTeam San Jose. This amazing organization distributes toiletries to individuals and families in need in the San Jose community. This note was placed inside the toiletries bag from 9 year old Carmela: “You […]

🙏🏽Thank you, Santa Clara Realtors® Foundation for your generous grant towards Operation School Bell, our signature program. 💁🏻‍♀️AL of San Jose provides uniforms, shirts, pants, sweatshirts and socks to low-income students at 41 🏫schools in 3 districts in San Jose. 🏘️Santa Clara County Realtors® Foundation and Assistance League of San Jose are both committed to making […]

Jennifer Saxton, Family Supportive Housing Volunteer Coordinator, was excited to receive 16 homemade quilts from AL of San Jose for the sheltered families at Family Supportive Housing. Donations like the quilts, Hug-a-Bears and home baked cookies, along with our quarterly special events, make the families feel welcome and lets them know that someone cares for […]

American Red Cross Silicon Valley and our Hug-a-Bear 🧸 program converged to give a little ☀️ sunshine and comfort to a family that lost their home in a 🔥fire. Erica, an employee of Parisi House, Momentum for Health, shared her story. Listen to the video on our Hug-a-Bear page (under the tab How We Help). […]

Caring Hands volunteers work throughout the year🧶creating layettes🤱for infants at the Santa Clara Medical Center hospitals and lap blankets for residents at San Jose Family Supportive Housing, two convalescent homes and Parisi House on the Hill. Over 2,000 layettes will be delivered to SCVMC by the end of our fiscal year! Do you like to […]

A huge thank you to our amazing business partners! 🌟 We are so grateful 🎉 for the incredible support, collaboration, and partnership you provide to us that have truly helped us grow and succeed. 😁

Forty- years ago, and before Chapter Status, the women of Assistance Guild of San Jose had a goal to transform the lives of children and adults through community projects, which we now call programs. They started with TWO Philanthropic Projects, one for children and one for the elderly. That goal continues today and stands as […]

AL of San Jose invites you to come eat at Jack Holder’s, 3153 Meridian Ave, on April 18, 2024 for breakfast 🍳, lunch 🥪 or dinner 🍔. Jack Holder’s will return 20% of your purchase (excluding alcohol) to our chapter. Support our fundraiser to advance Assistance League’s mission to transform lives and strengthen our community. […]

📚 Many thanks to our amazing authors: Janie Chang, Robert Dugoni, Tim J. Myers, Elayne Klasson, and Kate Quinn who made our fundraiser such a success! 🎉 Every author shared wonderful stories and valuable insights with the audience. A great time was had by all! 🥂

Story Hour at Parisi House 🏠 is so much fun for the mothers and their children 👩‍👧‍👦as well as our members. There is an abundance of reading 📖, singing 🎶 and signing!🤙🏼 Our members model reading techniques which the moms can use to read to their children. 🤓 Parisi House of Momentum for Health, is […]

It is so ❤️ rewarding to bag food for San Jose CityTeam and help serve our community with such a simple act. Our members have a good time chatting, getting to know each other all the while filling bags with a variety of 🫘 packaged and 🥫canned goods. This past week we filled 300 👏bags […]

In March, Readers are Leaders volunteers read “Listen” a biography of 🥁Evelyn Glennie by Shannon Stocker, illustrated by Devon Holtzwarth and 🐒”Grumpy Monkey” by Suzanne Lang, illustrated by Max Lang. They learned how to cope with a ☹️bad mood and about the rewards of 💖passion and perseverance. Did you know that even a child who […]

🤔 Did you know: 🤓 80% of learning comes through the visual senses? 👀 1 in 20 preschool-age children have vision problems? 👏🏼 Screening Eyes Early (S.E.E.) is early intervention which is the key to successful treatment. 🔎 Our trained screeners refer children to a doctor for a diagnosis when the child doesn’t pass. 👭🏻 […]

You help make 📚books for kids, 👨🏽‍🎓uniforms for students, 🤓 glasses for preschoolers, 👶blankets for newborns, 👵🏼 bingo for the infirmed, and 🍔food for the hungry possible. ❤️ We are most grateful!