Reported by Adora Xiao : On December 7th and 14th, Murrieta AYLUS wrote holiday cards for seniors in senior homes. Each volunteer hand wrote short messages about enjoying the holidays, spending time with family and friends, and added short notes of compliments and personal touches. Each cover was decorated with various cut paper to create […]
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Murrieta AYLUS Supports Animals in Need (#1) (10/2 & 10/3/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On the first week of October, AYLUS members created dog and cat chew toys which they intended to donate during the weekend to the animal shelter. Using old t-shirts, they created long and intricate box knots which were tied together to complete the toy. Since the toys were created using […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (76th) ( 8/11 /2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On August 11th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS helped at local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: Arriving while the residents were enjoying some orchestral music, the volunteers joined them in dancing. They then helped the residents get acclimated and start their exercise. After some stretches and breathing exercises, the residents […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #25– ABWK Senior Home Painting Projects (8/10/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On August 10, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped with the A Brush with Kindness Project. After arriving at the work site, the volunteers began with taping off the home. They taped around the perimeter and around the doorbells and vents that should be avoided, and also laid and taped down […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (72nd) ( 7/21/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On July 21st, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered at a local senior center. The volunteers led the residents through some light exercise, stretching out and strengthening their arms, backs, legs, and necks. The volunteers then poured smoothie and juices and handed out puddings and cut bananas as a snack, putting […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Senior Center Music Performance ( 9th) ( 7/19/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On July 19th, AYLUS members and guests performed for a local senior center. They first greeted a few residents who were planned for a beach visit, chatting with them outside while they were waiting for the bus. Once inside, they made small talk with the residents that’d make up their […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (53rd) (6/14/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On June 14th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local food bank, the Community Mission of Hope. It was Friday, which meant all the bread, produce, desserts, and dairy products had to go. As usual, the embers began by washing their hands and grabbing a pair of gloves […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (49th) (6/6/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On June 6th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS helped their local food bank. Upon arrival, members signed in and donned gloves before beginning their tasks. Members were given a couple boxes of breads and desserts to sort out into their categories. Following this, they moved on to sorting produce. Members carefully inspected […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 43rd) ( 1/28/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, January 28, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered at local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers arrived at the tail end of the residents’ workout, helping them put away their exercise materials. Pouring guava juice and water, the residents hydrated and were also given some light snacks. […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 34th) ( 11/12/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, November 12, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The residents began with some light stretching and exercises, before they were moved outside as the weather was extraordinarily warm. The drinks and snacks were taken outside to be prepared there. […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (22nd & 23rd) (10/1 + 10/8/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu On October 1st, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped The Little Garden of Hope. Members first harvested all the peppers and the garlic stems. Then, members mainly focused on clearing 2 beds and preparing them for the new plants. Members got rakes and shovels and began to shovel up the previous plants […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (18th) (9/16/2023)
Reported by Julie Lu : On September 16th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members lent a hand to STAT Horse Sanctuary. A few days earlier, the members bought 6 bags of horse feed at a local animal feed store. On Saturday, the members arrived at STAT with 300 pounds worth of horse feed and slowly brought them […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 24th) ( 9/03/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 3rd: the volunteers helped hand out noodles for the residents to exercise with, walking them through a light exercise of their shoulders and arms. They stretched out their legs and feet as well, massaging around their bodies. Some of the residents appeared to be especially agitated, and the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (22nd) (8/6 + 8/13/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu On August 6th & 13th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out at their local senior center – Atria Living Center: 1) Aug. 06, 2023 When members arrived, they headed straight to the library to set up the piano. There were very people there when members first started playing but after a […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (17th) (8/21/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu On August 21st, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members cleaned up their adopted park. Members started at the playground before walking around the lawn. Members found a lot of candy wrappers stuck in bushes, cups, pencils, little gadgets, and more. They were careful while looking for trash, looking into the bushes and below […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (28th) (8/17/23)
On August 17th 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members went to a local food bank to help. After members checked in, members began to help make week-food boxes. After making few carts of the food boxes, members were taught how to check-in the food pickers info into the computer system, and help to load the food boxes […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts Recycling Event to Help Rescued Animals (11th) (8/3/23)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On August 3rd, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members went to a local recycling center with the recyclables they collected. After unloading the bags of bottles and cans, the members separated the plastic, aluminum, and glass into each of their corresponding bins, taking care to unscrew each plastic bottle before tossing […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (19th & 20th) (7/27/23 & 8/3/23)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On July 27th & August 3rd, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out with the Little Garden of Hope Project. On the 27th, Members brought along with them a organic pesticide killing spray that wouldn’t hurt the plants, but would get rid of the bugs that ate the plants. They sprayed […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank ( 25th) ( 8/03/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu On August 3rd, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered at their local food bank. Members started by checking in, and then started to pack food boxes. These big food boxes would last the family a whole week. In the box, members put two meats, one chicken one beef, a box of fruits, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank ( 23rd) ( 7/27/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Thursday, July 27th, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the Community Mission of Hope food bank.As the day began to heat up, the volunteers began prepping the boxes of food filled with meat, deli, fresh produce, and breads/treats to be distributed. A few carts of boxes were formed […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #12– Senior home maintenance and yard work (7/29/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On July 29th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered at Habitat for Humanity. When members arrived, they were a little early so members went ahead and just got started. They pulled weeds with the weedwackers and used their hands when it was necessary. When there was a decent amount of weeds […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (15th) (7/16/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu On July 26th, Murrieta AYLUS members went to their local park to clean up. Members began by going to the playground and picking up trash there. They found candy wrappers, fidgets, scraps of paper, and pencils/crayons. Then, members looked in the bushes surrounding the playground and below the benches and found […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (20th) (7/5/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu On July 5th, Murrieta AYLUS members went to their local food bank to help. Members brought some fresh picked fruits from home and some snacks donated to the food bank. Members made their way to the far side of the room to help sort foods. They would take packaged food out […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (14th) (6/25/23)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday June 25, Murrieta AYLUS members assisted at the Torrey Pines Living senior center. They began with exercise with weights, before collecting them. They then took time to stretch out less used joints and muscles. Afterwards, they took time to pour and deliver passion fruit juice and water to […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (18th) (6/29/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On June 29th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members went to their local food bank to help out. When members arrived, the manager just started the morning announcements. CMOH had given out food to about 102 people in less than 2 hours on one of their distributing food days! After the announcements, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #11 – Landscaping (6/20/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On June 20th, Murrieta AYLUS members helped at a landscaping project for Habitat for Humanity. When members got to the site, it was a little early so they they checked in and waited until it was time to start. A few minutes later, members were given a little introduction and […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (13th) (6/18/23)
Reported by Adora Xiao & Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu : On Sunday June 18, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to their local senior centers: Torrey Pines Living senior center & Atria Park of Vintage Hills. At Torrey Pines Living senior center: Members started the day with some light exercise, stretching out their bodies and […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (16th) (6/12/23)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On June 12th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out with the Little Garden of Hope Project. Since pruning plants when they’re wet increases the spread of diseases, some of the members started off with pruning the tomato plants and others began weeding. After each member’s finished with their task, they […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center #12 (6/11/23)
Reported by Adora Xiao & Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On June 11th, 2023, Murrieat AYLUS members helped out their local senior centers: Torrey Pines Living Senior center and Atria Park of Vintage Hills. At the Torrey Pines Living senior center. They wrapped up the residents’ exercise regimen by tossing a beach ball for everyone to […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (13th) (6/11/23)
Reported by Adora Xiao On Sunday June 11, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members conducted a park cleanup at Meadows Park. They began with some work in the parking lot, and some light cleanup around the outskirts. They split into pairs, one on each side of the park. They found many candy wrappers, and some glass residue […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (16th) (6/10/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu On June 16th, Murrieta AYLUS members went to STAT Horse Sanctuary to help out. When members arrived, they were taken to meet the new baby lamb that was 4 days old! Then, members grabbed some tools and started cleaning the goats’ pens. When the wheelbarrow was full, two members would go […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (15th) (6/3 + 6/04,2023)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On June 3rd & 4th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members lent a hand to the Little Garden of Hope Project. On the 3rd, the members made a visit to the garden to water the plants, as the watering system had yet to be fixed. The members manually watered each bed […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (16th) (6/08/23)
On June 08 2023, Murrieta members helps at CMOH food bank. Members started by sorting the produce, they separated the bad ones and put them in the big black bag under the table which would be given to wild animals, and they bagged the small items such as strawberries / cherry tomatoes, and put the big […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center #11(6/4/23)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu & Adora Xiao : On June 4th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local senior center, Atria Park of Vintage Hills & Torrey Pines Living Senior Center. Atria Park of Vintage Hills: Upon arriving, they found that the seniors were finishing up a music performance in the Rose […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #10 – Anniversary Sale at Design Center (6/03/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu On June 3rd, Murrieta AYLUS went to one of Habitat of Humanity’s Design center to help with their anniversary sale. Members were given a thick stack of fliers and were told to go to Old Town Temecula to hand out the fliers to direct bypassers to go check out the ReStores. […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Recycling Event to Help Rescued Animals (9th) (5/24/23)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Wednesday May 24, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members recycled previously collected bottles. Given the large collection of bags, everyone decided to hold a recycling event to clear out the area for fresh bottles. They loaded the many bags onto a car (which barely fit) and took a quick trip to […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (15th) (5/27/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On May 27th, Murrieta AYLUS members went to STAT Horse Sanctuary to help out. When Members arrived, they signed in and immediately started by getting wheelbarrows and rakes and heading into the horse stalls to clean them. Due to a good amount of members participating that day, they finished cleaning […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Habitat of Humanity Inland Valley #9- Temecula ReStore (5/27/23)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On May 27th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out at their local Habitat ReStore. Habitat ReStores are independently owned reuse stores operated by local Habitat for Humanity organizations. ReStores accept donations and sell a constantly changing inventory of diverse, high-quality merchandise to the public at a fraction of the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (12th) (5/27/23)
Reported by Adora Xiao On Saturday May 27, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members conducted a park cleanup. Upon arrival they noticed they would have their work cut out for them. The area had been a recent location of a barbecue and a party, leading to a large amount of food residue, wrappers, balloons, and even loose […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (10th) (5/21+5/28/23)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu : On May 21 & May 28th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members visited their local senior centers: At Atria Park of Vintage Hills, members have come to Atria several times before for music performances, this was their first time going there as volunteers. The members were assigned to the Memory […]