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 […]