On August 12th, AYLUS Cheshire Branch donated legos to the local Yellow House. The legos were collected in each of the volunteers homes. They were then sorted into boxes and then delivered by AYLUS volunteers to the Yellow House, that way they would have more supplies and materials to make their kids program more engaging […]
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AYLUS Cheshire Branch Writes for the Cheshire Public Library Catalog 8/12/23
On August 12th, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch wrote several different book reviews at the Cheshire Public Library. These reviews had a 300 word requirement, and were all written carefully and well. They will be attached to the library catalog, and help people in the community find good books to read! The images from the event […]
AYLUS Cheshire Branch Volunteers at Local Food Distribution 8/10/23
On August 10, 2023, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch helped organize food at the Connecticut Foodshare center. The members worked as a group to package food items that would be distributed to the elderly and financially struggling of our community. The members also made sure the food was of good quality and sorted them. As a […]
AYLUS Cheshire Branch Volunteers at Connecticut Foodshare 8/21/23
On August 21, 2023, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch helped organize food at the Connecticut Foodshare center. The members worked as a group to package tomatoes that would be distributed to many different locations in our community to help those in need, such as senior homes and food pantries. The members also made sure the food […]
AYLUS Cheshire Branch Volunteers at local Youth Service 8/15/23
On August 15th, 2023, volunteers from AYLUS Cheshire Branch volunteered at the local Yellow House. The Yellow House is a non-profit organization that is part of Cheshire’s town services. The Yellow House hosts a daycare for children with many different activities; they have reading groups, STEM groups, history groups, regular daycare, and many more specialized […]
AYLUS Cheshire Branch Volunteers at Local Foodshare 8/14/23
On August 14, 2023, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch helped organize food at the Connecticut Foodshare center. The members worked as a group to package large broccoli and cauliflower that would be distributed to the elderly and financially struggling of our community. The members also made sure the food was of good quality and sorted them. […]
Cheshire Branch Holds Lego Donation Event at Cheshire Public Library 7/22/23
On July 22nd, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch held a Lego donation event at the Cheshire Public Library. The several boxes of donations were from volunteers and their families. Members received 0.5 hours for donating and 1 hour for helping set up the event. All proceeds will go to the local Youth Center for their summer […]
Cheshire Branch Writes Book Reviews 7/22/23
On July 22nd, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch wrote several different book reviews at the Cheshire Public Library. These reviews had a 300 word requirement, and were all written carefully and well. They will be attached to the library catalog, and help people in the community find good books to read! The images from the event […]
Cheshire Branch Cleans Farmington Canal Trail 6/23/2023
Reported by: Bradley Fang On June 23rd, 2023, AYLUS Cheshire Branch cleaned up the Farmington Canal Trail along with a few stores within its vicinity. The volunteers walked ~2 miles on the trail, surveying it for trash and making sure the environment was clean. Any trash that was found was picked up and put into […]
Cheshire Branch Writes Book Reviews 6/23/2023
Reported by: Bradley Fang On June 23, 2023, AYLUS Cheshire Branch volunteered at the Cheshire Public Library, writing book reviews that will be put in the library database to help the community find books. These summaries help give other students recommendations of which books to choose, and they have a 300 word requirement each. Below […]
Cheshire Branch Writes Firefighter Appreciation Cards 6/23/2023
Reported by: Bradley Fang On June 23rd, 2023, AYLUS Cheshire Branch made cards to thank firefighters in their community. AYLUS members wrote cards of appreciation, thanks, encouragement, and happiness. We are extremely grateful for all that the firefighters do for our community and we believe it would be great to show them our thanks in […]
Cheshire Branch Donates Clothes 6/21/2023
Reported by: Bradley Fang On June 21st, 2023, AYLUS Cheshire Branch donated clothes. All of the clothes were collected from the individual volunteers’ families. The clothes were donated at a donation box. The box was located at a local Stop&Shop and the clothes will be donated to families in need, specifically those with kids they […]
Cheshire Branch Recycles Bottles for Fundraising 6/21/2023
Reported by: Bradley Fang On June 21st, 2023, AYLUS Cheshire Branch recycled bottles at Stop & Shop. The bottles were brought from the volunteers’ homes. All money earned was used to fund the Cheshire Branch and its various volunteer activities. A total of $37.40 was earned. Below are some pictures of the event: Owen […]
Cheshire Branch Volunteers at Connecticut Foodshare 6/21/2023
Reported by: Bradley Fang On June 21th, 2023, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch helped organize food at the Connecticut Foodshare center. The members worked as a group to package potatoes, tomatoes, cabbages, grapefruits, and Mexican tomatillos that would be distributed to the community. The members also made sure the food was of good quality and sorted […]
Cheshire Branch Volunteers at Connecticut Foodshare 6/14/2023
Reported by: Valerie Zheng On June 14th, 2023, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch helped organize food at the Connecticut Foodshare center. The members worked as a group to package apples into containers that would be distributed to the community. As a result, much food was able to be put together to better the community. Attached are […]
Cheshire Branch Volunteers at Strawberry Festival 6/10/2023
Reported by: Valerie Zheng On June 10th, 2023, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch helped volunteer at the Cheshire Strawberry Festival with various tasks. The members helped set up the event and personally assisted many people with setting up their booths. During the event, members ran some of the entertainment and helped people with questions. After the […]
Cheshire Branch Volunteers at Chinese School Picnic 6/3/2023
Reported by: Valerie Zheng On June 3rd, 2023, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch helped volunteer throughout the Chinese School Picnic. Before the event started, members helped set up the decorations, stage, and food area. During the event, members helped with the games and distributing the food. After the event, cleanup was headed by the members. Attached […]
Cheshire Branch Cleans Sleeping Giant Park 5/29/23
Reported by: Valerie Zheng On May 29th, 2023, the AYLUS Cheshire Branch cleaned up Sleeping Giant. The members hiked through the trails that visitors often went through, and cleaned up much of the trash that was left behind. The park was left much cleaner as the result of this work. In the folder attached are […]
Cheshire Branch Hosts Lamb Skewer Fundraiser Event 5/7/23
Reported by: Bradley Fang On May 7th, 2023, AYLUS Cheshire Branch hosted the major fundraising event on May 7th. Branch members cut the meat into sizable portions, skewered it, sliced it, lit the fire and coal, helped set the contraptions up, and cooked the lamb skewers to be served, supervised the children, made sure the […]
Cheshire Branch Makes Origami 1/16/23
Reported by: Bradley Fang On January 16th, 2023, AYLUS Cheshire Branch made origami at a house of one of the volunteers. Volunteers looked up videos on how to make the different designs. They hope to create and gather more finished origami. That way they can possibly be donated to the senior center or hung up […]