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Did You Know?

In 1906, Anne Banning began a relief unit in response to the SF earthquake and fire, calling it Assistance League. In 1919, she organized Assistance League of Southern California, now known as Founder Chapter to provide food and clothing for local families impacted by WWI. What are you doing for your community? ๐Ÿง’๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿง’๐Ÿผ Get involved! […]

“Happy Birds” Visit Family Supportive Housing

AL of San Jose volunteers hosted a ‘Happy Birds’ special event at Family Supportive Housing. The Happy Birds troupe’s amazing parrots entertained the resident families with their fun, interactive, educational presentation. Do you like to brighten someone’s day? Join us!

Read Across America Day

๐ŸŽ‚Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! AL of San Jose’s Readers Are Leaders program supports literacy for children throughout the year, reading in over 50 classrooms and donating books to the schools and students. ๐Ÿ“–One of our members created a beautiful quilt that reminds of us of our connection to National Education Association’s ‘Read Across America Day’. […]

Welcome, New AL of San Jose Memberes

The AL of San Jose Board met with new members for a Meet & Greet Social. The theme of the get-together was “These are a Few of Our Favorite Things” – new members are definitely one of our favorite things! ๐ŸฅฐWelcome to our chapter! We are all looking forward to working with you on our […]

Cookies for Family Supportive Housing

L of San Jose โค๏ธ loves baking cookies for the children at Family Supportive Housing. Each month 8-10 members sign up to make 4 dozen different kinds of ๐Ÿช cookies each. These delicious cookies are packaged in individual baggies and given to the ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿง’๐Ÿฝchildren to go with their lunches or as an afternoon treat! Like […]

Registration for Lunch with the Authors Closes February 28th

You Don’t Want to Miss Lunch with the Authors on March 14th! Our In-Person tickets are sold out but you can still attend by Live-Stream. Register now for this wonderful fundraising event before it’s too late! Registration ends February 28th. For more details and to register, click on the banner at the top of the […]

Guest Speaker, Ken Toren, CEO American Red Cross of the Silicon Valley

Our chapter was excited to welcome our guest speaker Ken Toren, CEO of American Red Cross of the Silicon Valley to our ALSJ General Meeting on February 15. We were thrilled to hear stories about how our ๐Ÿป Hug-a-Bears offered comfort to children after the recent storms and fire disasters. “These children, who had been […]

2 Books for the Classroom plus 1 Book to Take Home

If you could hear the children cheer๐ŸŽ‰when the volunteers arrive, you would understand how much fun we have and how important it is to bring the joy of reading to so many students.๐ŸฅฐFor their February visit, Readers Are Leaders volunteers read ๐Ÿฆ”Ice Cream Man” and ๐Ÿซ–”Clovis Keeps His Cool” in 52 second and third grade […]

Screening Eyes Early (S.E.E.) Screens Preschool Children

๐Ÿ‘€ Did you know only 40% of children under 5 years of age have had vision screening, while 1 in 20 preschool aged children have a vision problem. It’s about preventing permanent vision loss! ๐Ÿ‘“ In January, AL of San Jose visited 5 preschools, screened the eyes of 179 children, and referred 8. ๐ŸคฉALSJ trained […]

Thank You from Family Supportive Housing

Our chapter delivered our cuddly ๐Ÿงธ Hug-a-Bears to Family Supportive Housing and received a gracious thank you. It is so rewarding to partner with this shelter and spread ๐Ÿ˜Šjoy supporting our San Jose community.

Thank You, Safeway Foundation

Our partnership with The Safeway Foundation empowers us to make a difference in our community. Whether it’s books for children, food for the hungry, or clothing for babies in need, together we can make a positive change for a better tomorrow! Won’t you join us?

Thank You for Your Support

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Our Annual Giving Event ended on January 31, 2024. ๐Ÿฅฐ Thank you for your support during this event. Your generous donations will help us continue with our programs to support those in need in our San Jose Community.

Cooking Homemade Dinners for Family Supportive Housing

๐Ÿ”ช๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐ŸณDo you like to cook? Get involved! Since 2012, AL of San Jose members have provided home cooked dinners once a month @familysupportivehousing. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿป Family Supportive Housing provides temporary housing and targeted support to single-and two-parent families experiencing homelessness. ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•We get rave reviews about the dinners we bring! Join us!

Screening Eyes Early (S.E.E.) at Hearts & Hands Preschool

Did you know?ย  ๐Ÿค“ 80% of learning comes through the visual senses? ๐Ÿ‘€ 1 in 20 preschool-age children have vision problems? ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Screening Eyes Early (S.E.E.) is early intervention which is the key to successful treatment. ๐Ÿ”Ž Our trained screeners refer children to a doctor for a diagnosis when the child doesn’t pass. ๐Ÿ‘ญ๐Ÿป It […]

CEO Matt Zarcufsky Attends Our Baby Shower!

AL of San Jose had an unexpected surprise visit from the ๐ŸคตCEO of National Assistance League, Matthew Zarcufsky, at the January Regular Meeting. ๐Ÿ‘Thank you for stopping by to talk to us about National’s plans for the future.

Annual Baby Shower Celebration

This month AL of San Jose enjoyed their annual ๐Ÿ‘ถBaby Shower at the January Regular Meeting. ๐Ÿ‘Thank you to our generous members who donated almost 1,000 onesies to use in our Caring Hands layettes. Christina Egan, Volunteer Services Manager, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and Katherine Wang, Development Officer, Annual Giving, Valley Health Foundation thanked […]

Operations School Bell(R) Delivers Again!

It’s cold in San Jose in January! Operations School Bell volunteers sorted 4,600 sweatshirts and delivered them to 36 San Jose schools to warm students who need a little extra clothing warmth.

We love to read!

In January, Readers Are Leaders volunteers read and discussed ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ“– two wonderful books to students in 50 San Jose classrooms, “Of Thee I Sing” by President Barak Obama, illustrated by Loren Long, and “Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme” by Avery Monsen, illustrated by Abby Hanlon. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸฅฐThe students are so excited when volunteers […]