On Monday, October 10 th , 2022, AYLUS volunteers host a team building and parents/teens bonding event at Tom Bass Regional Park.
It was a beautiful day, with clear blue sky, gentle breeze, fresh air, and comfortable temperature. AYLUS officers, project leads, and volunteers arrived early at 9:00am to set up the pumpkin maze, tables, prizes, balloon decorations, and picnic and activity areas. Members and their friends were eager to begin the fun at 10:00am. The first activity was the AYLUS fun fact trivial pursuit and pumpkin giveaway. Participants gathered in groups of six and the commentator would ask questions about AYLUS. Anyone who got their question right won a free pumpkin. Afterwards were several rounds of tug of war with lots of fun. Youth gathered in groups of about eight and tried hard to pull the rope to their side. The audience broke into cheers. The winning team won blow pops and stickers. Members also enjoyed playing spike balls on the lawn.
At lunch break AYLUS provided wraps, pizza, sandwiches, donuts, chicken nuggets, and fruits and
vegetable plates. Parents were also invited to have lunch together with the youth. The afternoon
activities were mainly designed to work on the bonding of parents and teens. It is one of the follow-up activities for project of “Bridging the Gap – Intergeneration connection”. Light and Salt Association
designed the project and was awarded funding from the Hogg’s Foundation. The first activity was the
pumpkin maze. Parents and teens took turns to put on blindfolds and try to walk through the maze
while the other person gave directions. This activity is designed to improve the communication between parents and teens. To wrap up the event three-legged races and sack races were hosted. In the three-legged races competitors tied their legs together and tried to walk as fast as possible. In the sack race competitors put a sack around their legs and tried to hop as fast as possible. Winners took home Prizes. A lot of parents and youths participated in these events, and they had fun. This event was the biggest AYLUS Pearland event. Members made new friends, worked in teams, and got to know each other and the organization better. Parents got to have fun with the youth.
Volunteers Participating in Developing Parent/Teen Bonding Activities (2 hrs):
Aoyu Jin, Chenyu Jin, Catherine Dong, Yangyang Ding, Angel Ding, Langdon Dai, Alexander Healy, Kyle Healy, Kara Li, Thomas Liang, Michael Meng, Howard Shi, Yurui He, Sophia Fu, Kate Liu, Alvin Zheng, Matthew Niu, Jonathan Niu, Aila Jiang, Tina Dong, Derek Zhu, Wendy Yin, Erica Gao, Erick Gao, Ethan Gao, Edwin Gao, William Sun, Alexander Sun, Dayou Wu, Alex Song, Haoqi Zhang, Fiona Ren, Anne Wong, Yutong Joanna Jiang, Bharat Salvady, Wnnie Jiang, Julia Xiao, Prince Xiao, Jiaqi Ren, Shirley Yap, Taylor Chan, Sheila Yap, Daniel Ren, John Fan, Ray Huang, Yifan Wang, Yichen Wang, Junxi Ding, Gavin Song, Arianna Li, Ziyuan(Ella) Lu, Wyatt Yin, Harshil Aradhya, Jordan Zheng, Amelia Zheng, Abigail Zheng, Jerry Tong, Zide Liu, Christy Zheng, ChangCheng Wu, Fred Guo, Rex Pan, Gregory Song, Avnish Sekharan, Boyu Wu, Hannah Wu, Yu Wang, Nathan Li, Rexford Cai, Angela Ren, Chris Yang, Fang Yu, Max Zhu, Roy Zheng
Volunteers Preparing the events (1-2 hrs):
1 hr: Aoyu Jin, Chenyu Jin, Catherine Dong, Yangyang Ding, Angel Ding, Langdon Dai, Alexander Healy, Kyle Healy, Kara Li, Thomas Liang, Michael Meng, Howard Shi, Yurui He, Sophia Fu, Kate Liu, Alvin Zheng, Zide Liu
2 hrs: Matthew Niu, Jonathan Niu, Aila Jiang, Tina Dong, Derek Zhu, Wendy Yin, Erica Gao, Erick Gao, Ethan Gao, Edwin Gao, William Sun, Alexander Sun
Reported by: Alexander Healy
