At the May regular meeting we raffled off two of Lynda Tomasello’s beautiful hand crocheted afghans. Thank you, Lynda for donating the afghans and congratulations to the winners, Sandy Gerhardt and Patsy Houston.

1,936 layettes were donated to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center between June 1, 2018 and May 31, 2019. That is a 33% increase in productivity over the previous year. 6,220 individual items (lap blankets, baby blankets, baby hats, booties, shawls, chemo hats) were hand knit or crocheted, over 900 more pieces more than in fiscal […]

Ellen Brooks, Chair of our Hug-a-Bear community service program, welcomed Judy Patten of Parisi House on the Hill where the resident children receive our Hug-a-Bear teddy bears. She explained that Parisi House on the Hill is a residential facility for women with alcohol or narcotic addictions and their children, ages 0 to 5 years of age.  She went through a power […]

Assistance League of San Jose volunteers provided another healthy delicious dinner for Family Supportive Housing with Easter fun surprises.  Family Supportive Housing and their families are so thankful for the joy and yummy dinners we provide each month that they surprised our volunteers with a wonderful thank you.  A thank you like this fills our […]

Bachrodt Elementary School, San Jose Unified School District, graciously thanked their ALSJ Readers Are Leaders with a surprise luncheon for spending time with the second and third graders sharing their love of reading.  The Readers Are Leaders community service program visited 55 classrooms reading to 1,323 students and donating 2,380 books during the 2018-19 school […]

Thank you, Santa Clara Valley Realtors® Foundation for supporting Operation School Bell. Your donation will help us supply shirts, pants and socks to many students in need in the San Jose public schools. Our programs depend on the generosity of donors like you and we are so appreciative of your help.

Thank you, Applied Materials Foundation for donating funds, once again, to Assistance League of San Jose.  You make it possible for our volunteers to continue offering such supportive services to the under-served population of San Jose through our seven Community Service Programs. We appreciate your giving for the betterment of San Jose.

Four Assistance League of San Jose members were recognized at the Junior League of San Jose annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon. Two members, Sylvain Roberts and Judy Keniston were among those selected by the Junior League judges to receive one of ten Crystal Bowl Awards. For their tireless work with Operation School Bell, each received a […]

We are grateful to Star One Credit Union for their continuing contributions to our chapter. So many of our programs and the community we serve will benefit from their generosity. Thank you again, Star One!

The chapter again thanks The Safeway Foundation for their generous support of our Readers Are Leaders program. Their donations help Assistance League of San Jose purchase books for the 54 San Jose public school 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms where we read every month. Each classroom is given two books each month. We appreciate their […]

We are excited to add Wells Fargo to our growing list of generous supporters. The contribution helps our chapter provide school uniforms to children in need in the San Jose public schools offering them not only uniforms, but a sense of confidence that has a positive effect on their learning experience. Thank you, Wells Fargo […]

We welcomed Erin Campos, Volunteer Program Supervisor at CityTeam Ministries, as our guest at the chapter’s March regular meeting. She spoke of the many volunteer programs CityTeam offers and thanked Assistance League of San Jose for all of the volunteer hours we have given sorting donations at their facility. Erin will conduct a tour of […]