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 […]

CityTeam San Jose invited our chapter to their Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon🍽️. Our members had a wonderful time meeting other community volunteers and enjoying a delicious meal from Chef Mama Roc’s Puerto Rican Kitchen. Thank you, CityTeam for inviting us to your wonderful event!🙏 CityTeam San Jose provides food, shelter and training to residents in need. […]

Wear It On Wednesday is AL of San Jose’s new Marketing Campaign. 🎊 Get to more know about and what our volunteers provide for our community in need. 🤓 If you see any of our members wearing these T-shirts, please stop and ask us all about our wonderful non-profit chapter.🤔 Maybe you’ll be interested in […]

A huge thank you to the amazing sponsors that support us & makes our community programs possible! 🌟 👉Lundardi’s Markets, Meriwest Credit Union, Coldwell Banker, Intero, Corcoran Icon Properties, Dream Video Productions, Woofie Walkers, James Jacobson Construction, Design Matters, Michael S. Ginsburg CFP, David Lewis Group, Hairs Inn and Slice House.👏 We are so grateful […]

Dear ALSJ Volunteers, Family Supportive Housing is so grateful to you for the generous donation of 10🧵🪡 quilts! Your donation helps our families know that people 💗 care about them. Thank you👏🏼 for your kindness and keeping the 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 families comfortable while in our care! 🙂 Sincerely, Genevie Concha, Family Supportive Housing ❤️

Our members had a dastardly good time, 👀 reading different 🕵🏻‍♂️ clues,❓questioning the “suspects” to find the 🗡️ murderer! Each group elected their top 🕵🏻‍♂️ investigator to share who they thought 🔪 murdered Peter Petulant! 😵‍💫 Alas none of the groups determined the correct 🔪 murderer, Francine Cooper, the fashion designer! What an 🎬 entertaining […]

AL of San Jose was delighted to welcome guest speakers from Family Supportive Housing to our October Regular Meeting. 👏 Their appreciation for the work we do to enhance the lives of the children and parents at FSH and the donations we make to the residents encourage us to do even more! 🧸🍪🍕🎃 We were […]

Now that schools are in session, AL of San Jose Readers Are Leaders volunteers are back in 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms, bringing the joy of reading to students in San Jose. 📖 Each month, two books📗📘 are read to the students and left in the classroom library, one book📙 is gifted to each child […]