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 […]

AL of San Jose volunteers brought the fun of puppetry to the children living at Family Supportive Housing. Socks🧦, cardboard tubes and paper bags🛍️ were festooned with feathers🪶, beads, sparkles🌟, pipe cleaners, pom poms and stickers to bring them to life. There was even a puppet stage for creating a show!👏 Would you like to […]

🤔 Did you know that good eyesight leads to: 🛟 Safety 😃 Quality of life 👯‍♀️ Social interaction 🤓 Cognitive benefits 🥼 Early detection of health issues. 👏🏼 Screening Eyes Early (S.E.E.) is early intervention which is the key to successful treatment. 🔎 Our trained screeners refer children to a doctor for a diagnosis when […]

“Dear ALSJ, Thank you for your generous donation of bears 🐻, bedding 🛌, and pillows! Your support reflects the compassion and care ❤️ you have for the families we serve, and we are grateful for your kindness 🙏🏼. This winter season, you have brought warmth, comfort, and hope to those who need it most 🥰. […]

What a 🙌 merry time the new members and their mentors had 🥳 celebrating! The Ⓜ️&Ⓜ️ theme was carried out with a fun candy “gumball” party favors and colorful “M” placements along with a ❓”guess”❓ the M&M jar quantity. The members had a 🥰wonderful time 👍 sharing their experiences with each other with these 🤗 […]

Please help us spread the word 📣 about Assistance League®️ of San Jose! Include us when you post on social media! We are 👏🏼 proud of what we do in our community with our❣️ volunteer programs. ✅ Check us out at www.alsj.org to see all that we do! ✅ Tag us on Facebook! #assistanceleagueofsanjose ✅ […]

Come 🍽️ dine at California Fish Grill on Thursday, February 20th 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. The 🐟 restaurant will 💲 donate back 25% of your orders to our chapter (not including beverages). Your 💲 support will help us continue to serve those need in our 🥰 community. ✅ Check out all that we do […]

Register for “Lunch with the Authors” before it’s too late! Five great authors and a delicious lunch – a reader’s delight! You will be able to speak with the authors and purchase personally autographed books. Join us and put the FUN into FUNdraiser. Registration closes on February 20th. To learn more about this great fundraiser, […]

In January, volunteers sorted and delivered over 4,600 sweatshirts to 41 San Jose elementary schools 🏫. The sweatshirts will help keep students in need warm on cold San Jose days. It can be pretty cool inside the classrooms as well as outside, making it hard to concentrate on lessons.❄️ Every sweatshirt represents a hug 🥰 […]

Our Readers Are Leaders 📚volunteers read in 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms to instill a love of reading in the children. 👧👦In January, we read “Sea Bear, A Journey For Survival” by Lindsay Moore and “Aaron Slater, Illustrator” by Andrea Beaty. Even though the kids are very happy when we enter, we’re not sure who […]

🤔 Did you know that good eyesight leads to: 🛟 Safety 😃 Quality of life 👯‍♀️ Social interaction 🤓 Cognitive benefits 🥼 Early detection of health issues. 👏🏼 Screening Eyes Early (S.E.E.) is early intervention which is the key to successful treatment. 🔎 Our trained screeners refer children to a doctor for a diagnosis when […]

AL of San Jose’s vision is… To ensure that essential needs are met in our community and families flourish. ❤️ 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Our members opened their hearts together in solidarity to help our neighboring communities in SoCal flourish during this devastating period in their lives.🥰

🎉 Every year, our dedicated Caring Hands volunteers donate around 2,500 onesies and hand-crocheted blankets to the newborns 👶 at Santa Clara County Medical Center. This January, we held our annual baby shower so all members could celebrate the successful program and donate onesies for the layettes. We were honored to have Christina Egan, the […]

Our partnership with Safeway Foundation empowers us to make a difference in our Readers Are Leaders program.👏🏽 Our 📚 Readers Are Leaders program instills the love of reading in 👦🏽👧🏽 young students by having volunteers read two books a month in their classrooms. These books are donated to the classroom. We also provide each student […]

AL of San Jose arranged a special visit for Parisi House on the Hill. Author of books for children, lawyer, non-profit executive and social justice champion, Aila Malek, read her book “Pocket Mommy” to the moms at Parisi House, staying to answer their questions.👏⚖️ Each mom received a copy of “Pocket Mommy”, signed by the […]

Assistance League of San Jose volunteers continue to deliver homemade dinners for the residents of Family Supportive Housing once a month. There is nothing like a home-cooked meal! 😋 Do you like to cook?👩‍🍳🍽️ Join us!

In 2019, AL of San Jose and its volunteers were awarded the Crystal Bowl Award by the Junior League of San Jose for Operation School Bell and our contributions to the community. 👏 Come join us!

A huge thank you to our amazing business sponsors who make our community programs possible! 🌟 David Lewis Group, Design Matters, Michael S. Ginsburg, Certified Financial Planner, Intero Foundation, Inc., Safeway Foundation, Santa Clara County Realtors® Foundation, Sereno 1% For Good Charitable Foundation and Star One Credit Union.👏 We are so grateful 🎉 for the […]