At our January Baby Shower, members donated over 600 onesies to Caring Hands for the beautiful layettes they create for the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Christina Egan, Volunteer Services Manager and Camie VanKeuren, Chief Development Officer joined us for lunch and to thank us for everything Assistance League donates to the Medical Center. In […]

It’s time for our Gift Card Fundraiser. Bring your checks or cash to the February and March regular meetings. Starbucks, Macy’s, Cinemark, Safeway and more… everyone can use a card. Assistance League receives a percentage of every card you buy. Purchase gift cards now for graduations, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, thank yous, special events […]

During the past holiday, Barnes & Noble (Almaden Plaza) collected 772 books donated by their customers and gave them to Assistance League of San Jose. The chapter distributed the books to the ten schools that take part in Readers Are Leaders, the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center pediatrics department, Family Supportive Housing and a group […]

Assistance League of San Jose was recently honored by the San Jose City Council at its monthly meeting. A proclamation plaque was awarded to the League for providing a varied array of services to the local community for over 35 years. City Vice Mayor Magdalena Carrasco also honored the Assistance League chapter at its 25th […]

Readers Are Leaders will be distributing the book “Why Fly Guy” by Tedd Arnold to every student in the program. Over 1,500 books will be gifted for the holiday season. The book has the answers to more than fifty “Why” questions that children ask. It can entertain the students and their families over the winter […]

Visit the Assistance League of San Jose’s tree in downtown San Jose. Just look for the big snowflake at the top of our tall tree. Thank you to the committee for creating all of the beautiful red and white hand-made ornaments. Happy Holidays, San Jose!

25-30 members of our Caring Hands group meet monthly to knit, quilt and crochet layettes, consisting of a blanket, hat, and pajama onesie, to donate to Valley Medical Center. Over 1,200 layettes and blankets have been donated by our ambitious members during the past 6 months of 2018! These layettes are gifted to new mothers when […]

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make the Fall Floral Fantasy a success – the committees, donors, sponsors and guests. Proceeds from the luncheon support so many activities that are not covered by specific grants.  Once again Kren Rasmussen of Bloomsters wowed us with his beautiful floral creations and five lucky guests will […]

Operation School Bell has finished measuring for the 2018-2019 school year. This photo is of only one of our many, many measuring teams. 4,040 students have received new uniforms so far. 7,730 uniforms have been distributed overall including “closet” schools which received uniforms that can be distributed in the school as needed. More uniforms will […]