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” 🍎). […]

Thursday, March 6, 2025, was an extraordinary occasion! 🥗 Lunch with the📚Authors serves as our primary 💲fundraiser for the year, and it was an incredible 👏🏼 success! The💲fundraiser allows us to continue to serve 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 families and🧒👧🏽👦🏽children in need within our community. Five amazing👩🏽‍💻👨🏽‍💻👩🏼‍💻🧑🏻‍💻🧑🏽‍💻authors shared their journeys into✍🏼writing and discussed their latest books. 🙌 Kudos […]

Every year or so, 📋 our volunteers shed their dungarees and official badges to dress up for our Charter Lunch. We install the new board, bestow awards and gifts, renew friendships👩‍❤️‍👩and celebrate the year’s accomplishments. Our social bonds are strong, and help in making our commitment to our community even stronger! 🏋🏻‍♀️

Family Supportive Housing is one of three shelters 🏚️ we support. The families at the facility love receiving our quilts 🛌, bears 🧸, dinners 🍛, cookies 🍪 and enrichment activities. They are always so gracious with their thank yous. Here is their most recent. 🙏🏼 “Thank you for your generous donation of 8 handmade quilts […]

During our 🗓️ February General Meeting, we 🏅 honored the 👏🏼 incredible women who have been part of our chapter for numerous years. Many of these remarkable individuals played a vital 👩‍❤️‍👩 role in founding our chapter and ❤️ nurturing its 💗 growth into a thriving non-profit organization. Just take a 👀 look at their […]

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Assistance League of San Jose’s Readers Are Leaders program supports literacy for children throughout the year, reading to over 1,000 students in San Jose elementary school classrooms and donating books to the schools and students. 📚 We celebrate National Education Association’s Read Across America Day. Take action! Promote literacy! Today’s readers […]

We gathered to support our programs, uniting our AL of San Jose community, to enjoy delicious food and have a great time! What a 🎣 fish story! We came for a fantastic fish meal and stayed for good times with our ALSJ 👯 friends and 🧑‍🧑‍🧒 family! Thank you 🙏 to California Fish Grill for […]

What do you get when you mix butter, eggs, flour, sugar, salt and baking powder, then bake with an extra pinch of love? Valentine’s Day cookies, of course!💗💗💗 Every month, AL of San Jose members bake home-made cookies🍪🍪 for the children residing at Family Supportive Housing. For February, the volunteers made dozens of heart-shaped cookies. […]

In February, Readers Are Leaders volunteers read and discussed🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️”The Courage of the Little Hummingbird”📗by Leah Henderson (author) and Magaly Morales (illustrator) and “Escape Goat”📘by Ann Patchett (author) and Robin Preiss Glasser (illustrator) to 49 classes in 10 San Jose elementary schools. A fun project🖍️😊 for each book was left in the classroom to enrich the […]