AYLUS Pearland held its first spring nursery and seedlings fundraising event during February-April 2021 in the collaboration with Pearland Chinese Association.
This event was sponsored by Project Rise and Shine who provided the initial funding to purchase planting supplies such as gardening soil, seedling pots, and planting bags. Many families in the Pearland community donated flower and vegetable seeds suitable for this event. AYLUS first distributed the supplies and seeds and then volunteers started the germination process. After 2-3 weeks, the highly committed volunteers started selling seedlings to their friends, families, and the community. A numerous range of vegetable seedlings were grown and sold including tomato, bell pepper, okra, cucumber, green bean, and various types of gourd. The floral seedlings included sunflowers, cosmos, marigolds, moss rose, and more. This event was concluded on April 11th and a total of $1,760 was raised. AYLUS Pearland will use all the proceeds for future projects that help students and kids from underprivileged families and underserved communities.
The volunteers that attended the event were: Emma Lu, Andrew Lu, Ashley Zhuang, Katlyn Zhuang, Ares Zhou, Athena Zhou, Kara,Li, Yifan Wang, Iris Chen, Mihir Kalvakaalva, Gregory Song, Bryan Li, Baron Niu, Bryani, Zide Liu, Hannah Sang, Matthew Li, Stephen Wang, Michael Meng, Jerry Tong, Mark Wong, Eric Qi, Wendy Yin, Evan Du, Karen Xu, Jayden Lu, Emily She, Derek Zhu, Sasha Kuzmenko, Andy Jiang, Aila Jiang, Aaron Wu, Tina Dong, Sophie Zheng, Zhiyin Yu, Sharon He, Jie Wu, and Sharon Wen.
Reported by Karen Xu
