Readers Are Leaders Begin a New School Year

Readers Are Leaders began the 2025-2026 school year reading 2 books in October.📗📘 Students listened carefully as volunteers read “The Curious Why” written by Angela DiTerlizzi & illustrated by Lorena…

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Boo!👻🎃🦇The Halloween Costume Shop at Family Supportive Housing is Open!

The Halloween Costume Shop at Family Supportive Housing opened to the delight of the children and parents living in the residence as they chose costumes for the holiday.👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 AL of…

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2025-2026 Readers Are Leaders Books

AL of San Jose has chosen 12 wonderful books 📚to read to students in 46 San Jose elementary school classrooms during this school year. 🏫 The selection includes a variety…

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Baking for Family Supportive Housing

AL of San Jose ❤️ loves baking cookies for the children at Family Supportive Housing. Each month members sign up to make 4 dozen different kinds of 🍪 cookies each….

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Thank You from Family Supportive Housing

Dear ALSJ, Thank you for your generous donation of quilts 🛏️, books 📚, teddy bears 🧸, and cookies 🍪! As summer 🌞 winds down, our families are settling in and getting…

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Thank You to the San Jose Public Library for their Partnership with Readers Are Leaders

This year, the AL of San Jose Readers Are Leaders (RAL) volunteers teamed up with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library 📖 to select books for the…

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Dining for Dollars at Al Castello Ristorante

In September our members went to Al Castello Ristorante 👩🏼‍🍳 for our Dining For Dollars fundraiser. What a treat! We can’t thank Al Castello enough for donating a generous…

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Dinners at Family Supportive Housing

AL of San Jose provides a 🗓️monthly 🥘 dinner for the residents of Family Supportive Housinng (FSH). In 🍁September, our chapter volunteers had an 😊 amazing time preparing and serving…

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Bag, Pack and Load up the Cars for Operation School Bell

The Operation School Bell program is in action for the 2025-26 school year! 🏫 AL of San Jose is sorting uniforms and packing them for delivery to elementary schools in…

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Fall Floral Fantasy Fundraiser at Mr. Mojito’s

It was so much fun 🥳 to bring back our Floral Fantasy Fundraiser! 🌻 Kren Rasmussen, owner of Bloomster’s and award-winning floral designer, kept us captivated with his behind-the-scenes…

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