In our 2025/2026 fiscal year:

• Members volunteered over 37,000 hours to our programs and committees.
• We raised $224,000 returning 94% to the community.
• Assist-a-Shelter supported three shelters. Members bagged donated food items and assembled toiletry kits for homeless and needy families, supplied needed infant products, read to children and their moms, prepared and delivered dinners once a month, baked and delivered cookies, distributed gift cards and hosted special events for children and adults.
• Bingo played bingo with residents for socialization at two senior residences and distributed gift bags, handmade crocheted lap blankets and quilts.
• Caring Hands donated over 4,600 items (handmade baby blankets, onesies, lap blankets, quilts and pillows) to community hospitals, Family Supportive Housing, Parisi House on the Hill and two senior residences.  
• Hug-a-Bear gave 725 teddy bears for children in crisis to five city and county agencies.  
• Listening to Readers volunteers listened to students read with 50 second grade students, helping them read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.  
• Operation School Bell® purchased, stored and distributed over 21,000 items of clothing (uniform shirts and pants; socks; sweatshirts; and underwear) for the school year which were distributed to San Jose schools in three districts, Family Supportive Housing Parisi House on the Hill and the Alum Rock Homeless Foster Youth Program.  
• Readers Are Leaders read and distributed books with accompanying activities to over 1,000 students in 46 classrooms. over 500 books were given to teachers, over 7,000 books given to students to keep, enrichment activities accompanied the books and an additional 3,500 books were gifted to students for summer reading. $50 grants were given to teachers to purchase books for their classrooms.  
• Screening Eyes Early tested 440 children in 16 pre-schools, referring 15 students for glasses or further testing.