Chapter members wrapped holiday gifts🎁 for all of the moms at Parisi House on the Hill. Each will receive a unique quilt, a soft holiday pillow, a children’s book and a cuddly stuffed animal for their child🧸 tied up with festive holiday ribbons.🎀 Thank you🙏 to our members who donated these beautiful items to make […]

December is always a very special month for Readers Are Leaders. The children shower our Readers Are Leaders volunteers with extra cheers because they know we bring a special book 📕 for them to take home! This holiday season, 1,085 books were given to 2nd and 3rd graders. There was something for everyone in “The […]

AL of San Jose received a wonderful 🙏 thank you from a 💕grateful parent for the 👚👖uniforms we provide to students through our Operation School Bell® program. “Hello Assistance League, You provided 👚👖clothes for my daughter for the winter. I wanted to extend my deepest 🙏 thanks to you for your kindness and hospitality. I […]

Our Annual Giving Campaign began December 3, 2024 and will run through January 31, 2025. Our goal is $15,000. Our thermometer shows that we have received $7,280 over the past week thanks to your donations. Help us to continue to assist: Family Supportive Housing who provides temporary housing & support to San Jose families in […]

AL of San Jose is grateful for the wonderful 💌 Thank You cards and 📧 email from the Principal of Lyndale Elementary: “I wanted to sincerely 🙏 thank all our 📕 Readers Are Leaders and 📖 Listening to Readers volunteers who come to Lyndale for their utmost dedication, hard work, and 👏🏼 time. I also […]

Every year, our volunteers and the kids at Family Supportive Housing are counting down the days until Holiday Crafts! 🎄🎁 We guide the kids in making ornaments, 🎎Christmas trees 🌲, and other festive crafts to give to their families. 🎨 It’s hard to tell who enjoys it more – the kids or the volunteers! 😄 […]

A huge thank you to our amazing donors who make our community programs possible! 🌟 The George and Jeanette Stewart Charitable Trust, Intero Foundation, Star One Credit Union, Santa Clara County Realtors Foundation, Safeway Foundation, Delta Gamma Delta, Christie’s/Sereno👏 We are so grateful 🎉 for the incredible support and partnership you provide to us that […]

AL of San Jose volunteers decorated a tree🎄at San Jose’s annual 🤶🎅Christmas in the Park holiday celebration. 👀Look for it when you take in the festivities at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez in downtown San Jose. Our tree is located on the northbound corner of San Fernando & Market in front of the North Pole […]

🗓️ Our Annual Campaign begins December 3, 2023 on Giving Tuesday! We need everyone’s help to continue our work with👨🏾🧑🏽👧🏻🧒🏿👦🏼 San Jose families and children throughout the year. 🌟Our Operation School Bell® program provides mandated uniforms to disadvantaged students in the San Jose city public school system. 🌟Providing school uniforms to students helps them focus […]

Thank you, Lazy Dog Restaurant and Bar🐶for supporting the AL of San Jose Dining for Dollars💵 November event! 🙏Members and their guests shared friendship, fun and good food from breakfast through dinner, painlessly raising money just by ordering their drinks, snacks and meals. 🍽️🍺☕🍳🍔🥪🥗Lazy Dog donated an amount equal to 15% of the cost of […]

Our helping hands 🙌🏼 join CityTeam San Jose three times a month to pack canned and dried goods to those families in need. 🍎🥒🥫🫘We fill between 2-3 containers holding 100 plus packed goods at each visit. 🛒 Want to put your helping hands to good use and support your community in need? Join us! 🤝

In November, Readers Are Leaders volunteers read two books📘📙, “Giraffes Can’t Dance” by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees and “Piper Chen Sings” written by Phillipa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran, illustrated by Qin Leng. Students in 49 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms in ten San Jose elementary schools enjoyed the session. Some of our […]