During March and April of 2023, AYLUS Pearland spearheaded a successful donation drive to support families and an orphanage in Mexico. The generosity of volunteers was overwhelming, as they contributed a range of much-needed items such as clothes, toys, children’s products, and cookware. In order to make the donation process as convenient as possible, the organizers established five drop-off locations.
Overall, an impressive 1755 items were collected and sorted, which included 352 items of adult clothing, 1314 children’s clothing items, 66 toys, 126 children’s products (such as strollers and car seats), and 16 pieces of cookware. Some of the donations were picked up by a group of church volunteers who regularly make trips to Mexico to distribute them to families in need. Other donations will be sent to a recently constructed orphanage in Matamoros. The volunteers at the orphanage have arranged to pick up the items in April, which will undoubtedly help improve the lives of the children living there.
Volunteers:
Managing drop off locations ( 4/16/2023 1 hour): William Sun, Alex Sun, Matthew Niu, Jonathan Niu
Managing drop off locations (4/16/2023 2 hours): Derek Zhu, Allison Zhang, Aila Jiang
Collecting and Sorting of donations (4/10/2023 2 hours): Alvin Zheng, Kenrick Xia, Kara Li, Yifan Wang, Emily Leung, Owen Xue, Haoqi Zhang, Bohan Hu, Andrew Du, Zide Liu, Aila Jiang, Hannah Sang, Ashley Zhuang, Katlyn Zhuang, Sasha Kuzmenko, Nova Mu, Wendy Yin, Allison Zhang, Erick Gao, Ethan Gao, Edwin Gao, Derek Zhu, Iris Yang, Eddie Fu, Chenyu Jin, Gabriel Chow
Reported by Iris Yang
