Looking forward to Valentine’s Day, members shared why they love volunteering for our chapter. “I love Assistance League because of the wonderful members. They are the best!” . . . “The energy, kindness and heartfelt dedication of each and every member of Assistance League of San Jose is inspirational.” . . . “I love to […]

Members donated 762 onesies to Caring Hands at the annual Baby Shower. Representatives from Santa Clara Valley Medical Center were our guests…and guest speakers. They are so thankful for all of the layettes (onesie, baby hat, blanket) that they receive from our chapter. During the 2019 calendar year 2,228 layettes were donated to SCVMC, a […]

The flapjack fundraiser is back! From 8-10 am, $10 gets you bacon, scrambled eggs, potatoes and unlimited pancakes served by our own members at Applebee’s on Curtner. Tickets are available at the general meeting or at the door.

One of the four events that Assistance League of San Jose brings to the families at Family Supportive Housing every year is Happy Birds. The families enjoy getting up close and personal with trained parrots, macaws, and cockatoos. Happy Birds demonstrates how training, practice and love teaches the birds to learn performance tricks for an […]

Assistance League volunteers brought holiday cheer to A Grace Sub Acute and Skilled Care with a cartful of gifts for the bingo winners. Everyone is a winner at Senior Bingo!

At the chapter’s annual gift wrapping event at Family Support Housing everyone had fun — the children selecting gifts for their parents and the Assistance League of San Jose members wrapping those special gifts for them!  It was truly a rewarding holiday experience.

This is the time of year many volunteer readers receive special ‘thank you” notes from students. Students in Ms. Rivas’ class at Ryan Elementary School wrote thank you cards for their Readers Are Leaders volunteers, saying: “Thank you for reading to us” . . . “I love the books you read to us and your […]

We had fun providing each of the 1st/2nd grade students in Ms Huang’s class with their own book titled “Little Kids First Book of Bugs”. We came in with our Santa Hats and Christmas glasses! They were so excited and kept asking “Can we really keep the book or is this really ours to keep?” […]

Make sure you visit our beautiful tree at Christmas in the Park, downtown San Jose. You can find it at space #513 through January 5th, across the street from the purple tiles on the Tech Museum and between Family Camp of SJ and Nativity displays. Happy Holidays, everyone!

Our members are thankful to be in Assistance League. Here are what some of them say: “It’s great to make a difference in children’s lives. Early intervention with their eye sight and fostering a love of books is so important to school success. Thank you, Assistance League of San Jose for the opportunity.” (Karen Klint) […]

Assistance League of San Jose helped Family Supportive Housing with its Soup Kitchen Dinner Fundraiser. We attended, ate yummy soups and cheered for the winners! Families gave thanks for having this shelter available to meet their needs and our chapter is happy that we can help.

Trained Assitance League of San Jose volunteers in the Screening Eyes Early (S.E.E.) program screen 3, 4 and 5 year-olds for early signs of possible vision disorders. Every year we train new screeners with a 3-hour class and a 3-hour practicum. Our volunteers are excited to play the “eye game” while supporting our preschoolers. The […]

Do you know some of the stories from San Jose’s past?  Recently, the Assistance League of San Jose was entertained and educated by History San Jose’s performance of “Portraits of the Past”.  As part of the League’s Fall Fundraiser more than 170 members and guests brunched on wonderful food from House of Bagels while learning […]

Each month Assistance League volunteers play bingo with the residents in the Activity Room at A Grace Subacute and Skilled Care. All enthusiastic players get two cards to play and can hardly wait for the thrill of shouting “Bingo”. Happy cheers and whoops of holler go up for each person’s success. Everyone wins prizes and […]

To get ready for a spectacular Haunted House Halloween Party, the children at Family Supportive Housing (FSH) could choose a special fun costume. Thank you to Shawna and Jackie at Illusions Activewear of Campbell for loaning three rolling racks on which to hang the costumes. This local business has supported the FSH Costume Shop for […]

As of October 2019, 39 elementary schools from three districts happily received 7,000 uniforms from our Operation School Bell Uniform Program. Our January uniform distribution will include homeless children and middle school students along with the measured schools. Members and non-members worked 3,223 volunteer hours ordering, warehouse organizing, measuring students and delivering uniforms. Many hands […]

New members are connected to our mission quickly by attending meetings especially designed to make them feel a part of our team. This connection is vital for feeling welcomed and important to our core values. We are so pleased to welcome the new members of Assistance League of San Jose.

Caring Hands, a committee of the Assistance League of San Jose (ALSJ), crochets, knits, and quilts blankets, hats and booties for donation to the newborn section of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Each mother and child leaving VMC receives a layette packet including those items and a onesie, all tied with a decorative ribbon and […]