On Wednesday, August 16th, 2023, from 9:30 am to 12 pm, volunteers from the Oakland Gardens Branch hosted a fundraising sale to support Team Seas, an organization dedicated to removing trash and plastic from our oceans, seas, or any other bodies of water. For every one dollar that we manage to raise and donate, this organization will remove one pound of trash from our oceans.
During the 2.5 hours we hosted the fundraising sale, we passed out flyers to spread awareness about AYLUS as well as Team Seas. We decided to donate to the Team Seas organization as their vision is to remove trash and plastic from our oceans, seas, and any bodies of water, which will help better the quality of life for the ecosystem. Our purpose for this sale was not just to raise money, but to make a change in our world and spread awareness about Team Seas so more people can come together to make a big change in our world, bettering our oceans. We are donating $110 to Team Seas to remove 110 pounds of trash and plastic from our oceans, seas, and bodies of waters. However, our receipt was split into two as we had some technical difficulties at first.
We had fun during this sale while gaining experience. We met different people, some who preferred to donate to the hungry, while others wanted to donate to support our cause. This experience has shown us that there are many different people in the world, and they don’t always have the same views/ideas as us.
Special thanks to our local Post Office that allowed us to host this near their store! All the goods we had today for our fundraising were donated by our members’ generous parents. Thank you!
Our Volunteers:
Jia Qi Liu (Angela): 2.5 hours
Susan Yang: 2.5 hours
Brandon Lin: 2.5 hours
Aiden Lin: 2.5 hours
Vicki Lin: 2.5 hours
Colleen Chen: 2.5 hours
Hong Hao Liu (Alfred): 2.5 hours
Sophia ShiHan You: 2.5 hours
Stephanie ShiRan You: 2.5 hours
Report by Jia Qi Liu (Angela), Andy Chen, Jessica Lin, Susan Yang