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 […]
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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 […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Senior Center Music Performance (4th) (5/29/23)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On May 29th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members visited the Atria Park of Vintage Hills senior center to give a music performance to the residents. They were invited to perform at both the Memory Care building and the main building. The members first went to the Memory Care building. A […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (11th) (5/13/23)
Reported by Adora Xiao On Saturday May 13, Murrieta AYLUS members performed a park cleanup at Meadows Park. They arrived to visit a newfound sign of their adoption of the park. Fueled with pride, they hastened to pick up any waste. This included the usual candy wrappers and bottle caps, and cigarettes in the parking […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (14th) (5/13/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao On Saturday May 13, Murrieta AYLUS members assisted at the STAT horse sanctuary. They began with mucking out an area which had once been the location of a stall, also clearing and cleaning pathways around different stalls. They then disposed of the contents, before moving on to the stalls themselves. They […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (10th) (5/01/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu On May 01, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS member hosted a park cleanup at Meadows Park – their adopted park. Member was excited to see their AYLUS logo set up at the park entrance when she arrived. Member started by walking around the whole park, looking for trash. They found confetti, tissues, candy wrappers, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (15th) (4/05/23)
Reported by Julie (Hsin Chen) Lu On April 5, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped the Community Mission of Hope. After signing in, the members got down to work. They started off by sorting the food into their respective crates. After a crate filled up, it would be moved to its designated section before starting a […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (11th) (4/08/23)
Reported by Julie (Hsin Chen) Lu On April 8th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members lent a hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project. Before going to Jacob’s House, the members went to their local Home Depot to buy vegetable sprouts and fertilizer. Afterwards, they headed to Jacob’s House and got to work. They planned to […]
Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to Senior Center #7 (4/09/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao On April 9, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the Torrey Pines Senior Center. They began with exercise with pool noodles, weights, and stretched out wrists and fingers. After, they spooned fruit into small cups to be distributed, before juice or water was passed around. After the food was […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (2nd) (4/06/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu On April 6th, 2023, Murrieta members went to clean up a beach in Del Mar. The weather was perfect, with rays of sunshine beaming through the clouds and a cool breeze to even out the temperature. Members started at the park, which was currently under construction. They picked up trash while […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (10th) (4/01/23)
Reported by Hsin-Chen (Julie) Lu On April 1st, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members stopped by Jacob’s House to check up on the sprouts. The white radishes were growing steadily, slowly pushing out of the soil. The members uncovered the cups and saw that the majority of the zucchini seeds had sprouted. For the ones that haven’t, […]
Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to Senior Center #6 (4/06/2023)
Reported by Julie (Hsin Chen) Lu On April 6th, 2023, Murrieta members lent a hand to the Torrey Pines Senior Center. After going through the check-in procedures, the members made their way to the proper room and helped lead light exercises, starting with small arm motions before making their way to the weights. Afterwards, the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (13th) (4/08/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao On April 8, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members and guests assisted at the STAT horse sanctuary. It appeared Jack had made the roof of the shed his new abode, and while they contemplated the physics of a flying turkey, they examined the horses’ stalls. Because the mud had dried, they looked forward […]
Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to Senior Center #5 (4/02/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao On April 2, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members assisted at the Torrey Pines Senior Center. Starting with light exercise, they soon moved on to preparing the morning snack. Banana was chopped finely and spooned out alongside pineapple and cantaloupe into small bowls. Due to the warm weather, the residents were all moved […]