Dinners Delivered with Care and Love

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…

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I Love it Here!

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…

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Spreading Joy at Parisi House on the Hill

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…

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We Shop, Bake and Deliver for Our Community

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…

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Delivering More Uniforms!

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…

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Cuddly Bears and Quilts for FSH

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…

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Sorting, Packing and Bagging at CityTeam

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,…

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Thank You for Your Support

Thanks to the support of our corporate donors, AL of San Jose is able to read to children in classrooms and gift thousands of books to schools and to…

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Readers Are Leaders – Making Reading Fun

Readers Are Leaders volunteers create activities to supplement the books they will read to students in 52 San Jose 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. They recently met to read…

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Welcome to some of our newest members!

Our newest members all put their best feet forward at our Annual Western-themed Picnic. Everyone enjoyed good vittles, great conversation, and we even did a little dancin’! Yee hah!…

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