At the end of each year, we take a few minutes to reflect, to acknowledge, and to renew. We reflect on the past year’s accomplishments 🧐, we acknowledge last year’s board 👏🏽, and we renew our commitment to service with the induction of the incoming board. 👩‍❤️‍👩

Our AL of San Jose volunteers had an absolute💥blast 👩🏻‍🍳whipping up and🍛 dishing out a😋 scrumptious feast at Family Supportive Housing! Feast your eyes on this menu magic: Roasted Chicken🍗, ooey-gooey🧀 Mac n Cheese, fresh🥗 Salad,🥖 fluffy Rolls, 🥦 Broccoli Florets (even the kiddos gobbled them up!), 🌽 Corn on the Cob, and a smorgasbord […]

Thank you ❤️ to Intero Foundation for their generous grant towards our Readers are Leaders program. Your donation will help us continue our mission to instill the ❤️ love of reading in the classroom and at home. Each year we read two 📚books a month from October through April . We leave those books in […]

On a beautiful sunny Saturday, AL of San Jose volunteers, including our Master Gardener member, helped children plant a garden🌱🪴 at Family Supportive Housing. Each child learned about plants, planted seeds in egg cartons and helped create a tomato garden🧑‍🌾 at the facility. They will enjoy the tomatoes 🍅🍅 at the end of summer and […]

It’s the end of the school year and Readers Are Leaders volunteers have received kudos from the kids. 👏👏 Their handwritten letters and cards are special rewards🥰 for the readers who instill the joy of reading to over 1,000 San Jose 2nd and 3rd grade students six times a year. Today’s readers are tomorrow’s leaders!📖📖📖

A couple of times a year, ALSJ members and our families head to Jack Holder’s Restaurant and Bar.We can’t thank Jack Holder’s enough for donating a percentage 💵 of our supporters’ dinners to our cause.

In April, AL of San Jose Readers Are Leaders volunteers read the last two books📗📘for the school year. Now every classroom has 12📚📚📚📚new books in their class library and every student has received 6📚📚books of their own to take home. This summer, students will receive 3📚more books to take home and read during the summer […]

Each month, AL of San Jose volunteers fill over 80 bags with toiletries🪥🧼🧴🧦🪒 that CityTeam San Jose distributes to people in need in the community. That adds up to over 1,000 toiletry kits for men and women per year, filling a fundamental need in San Jose. These simple donations include toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, lip balm, […]

Author Aila Malik spoke to the moms 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 at Parisi House on the Hill today. She discussed her second book 📕 “Mommy Am I American?”. She was exceptional. We bought each mom an autographed copy of her book. It was truly a great day for the moms and for the volunteers! 😁

Every year members of Caring Hands create thousands of hand-crocheted and knitted blankets🧶for AL of San Jose programs. New mothers🤱🤱at local hospitals, families in supportive housing and seniors👴🧓at senior residences receive layettes and lap blankets to warm their babies or themselves. Do you like to knit or crochet or would you like to learn? Are […]

Three cheers 📣 to the George and Jeanette Stuart Charitable Trust for their support of our two largest community service programs: Readers Are Leaders and Operation School Bell®.❤️ Their compassion 🥰 for helping our families in need thrive is so heartfelt by all our members❣️ It is because of their caring donation every year that […]

Our chapter is 💕 privileged to support Family Supportive Housing. “Dear Assistance League of San Jose, Thank you 🙏 for your donation of 🧵quilts, 🍪cookies, and 🧸teddy bears! Because of your kindness, we can continue making a difference—you are an ❤️important part of our mission! We are so lucky to have you in our community. […]

AL of San Jose volunteers brought a few musical hours🎶to Family Supportive Housing making musical instruments and singing with the children. The bells🔔🔔🔔 were a big hit and everyone will be humming “This Land is Your Land” for a while! Thank you🙏 to Family Supportive Housing for letting us share such a wonderful time with […]

In March, Readers Are Leaders volunteers read and discussed🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️”Sorry”📗by Trudy Ludwig and “The Forest Man: The True Story of Jadav Payeng”📘by Anne Matheson to 49 classes in 10 San Jose elementary schools. A fun enrichment project🖍️😊 for each book was left in the classroom to enrich the reading experience and to remind the students of […]

We’re getting our name out! AL of San Jose volunteers sport their chapter t-shirts at meetings, programs and when they are out in the community. 📆Members are encouraged to “Wear it On Wednesday” so our neighbors will ask us about Assistance League. When you see someone wearing our t-shirt, ask about AL of San Jose. […]

A group of AL of San Jose members 👩🏻‍🦳👩🏻donated items and stuffed Valentine bags 💝 for the women and children 👩‍👧‍👦 at Parisi House. Each bag contained a crocheted scarf🧣, flowered hair bows 🎀, a bib, 3 prs of socks🧦, a small stuffed toy🧸, children’s book📔, valentines candy🍫 and baked cookies🍪🍪 ! During Storytime, the […]

What a rewarding morning bagging 🍊🍋🍏 fresh fruits and 🫑🧅 veggies that will be 🚙delivered by CityTeam to the San Jose community in need. Several times a 🗓️ month our chapter volunteers at #sanjosecityteam to bag either 🥫 canned & 🍚 packaged goods or 🥔 fresh produce. Want to ❤️ help serve your community and […]

Our Screening Eyes Early volunteers are trained to screen the vision of children 👬, ages 3 to 6, in their preschools. Since these children do not yet know the alphabet, we use images like a square 🔲, a house , a circle ⭕️ and a heart ❤️ (which some little ones call an “apple” 🍎). […]