On Wednesday June 28th,  several AYLUS volunteers helped teach the community tennis from 7:30PM – 9:30PM. With a normal 2 hour long session, the students first did a quick warmup and went right into practice. Derek, Caroline and Wyatt coached the beginners while Zide, and Winston coached the intermediates. Both group levels worked on improving […]

On June 30, several AYLUS members volunteered at a Concerts in the Park event at Independence Park. The volunteers were divided into two groups. One group worked at the event information booth, helping to organize the raffle for later that evening. They monitored survey completion and passed out tickets at the desk and guests sitting […]

On June 16, AYLUS Pearland members volunteered at the SMILE program organized by the Light and Salt Association, supporting individuals with special needs. Led by Erica Gao and Derek Zhu, we taught the drum bucket activity, bringing joy to participants. Other volunteers joined to ensure everyone could participate. Students also explored oil pastel painting, creating […]

On June 27, 2023, AYLUS volunteers helped with class at the Light and Salt Association’s SMILE Day camp. The day started with a skills lesson with Ms. Zowei followed by ukulele lessons. The following activities were an art project led by Haoqi, and the day ended with Derek teaching students how to shadowbox in his […]

On June 30, the dedicated members of AYLUS Pearland volunteered at the SMILE program organized by the Light and Salt Association, aimed at supporting individuals with special needs. Erica Gao and Aila Jiang took the lead in teaching everyone how to play the drum bucket, a fun and engaging activity that brought joy to the […]

On June 29th and 30th 2023, volunteers from the Aylus Pearland branch collaborated with teachers to support students at Ed White summer school. Each dedicated volunteer was assigned a classroom and actively assisted in various subjects, including math, reading, and science. Their role involved offering guidance to the students, addressing their academic challenges, and ensuring […]

On Wednesday, June 28, four volunteers from AYLUS Pearland offered their time and skills to support the SMILE Program, a program designed to assist students with special needs. The volunteers began the day by assisting the students with a painting project in which the students painted a beautiful sunset landscape. on a fulfilling journey as […]

On June 16th, Pearland volunteers gathered at the West Pearland Library to make blankets for kids with cancer. Guided by college students Matthew and Anne, the volunteers divided into groups, selected yarn colors, and crocheted. Six blankets were made and will be delivered to the Texas Medical Center. After the class, volunteers cleaned up the […]

The Alyus volunteers conducted a diligent effort to distribute QR codes to visitors at the Concerts in the Park series on June 16th. They comprehensively covered the entire park, ensuring that every visitor had an equal opportunity to receive a ticket by scanning the code. Upon scanning the code, visitors received a ticket, which was […]

On June 29th, 2023, the Pearland branch of AYLUS hosted a remarkable Summer Health Fest at the Ed White Elementary School. The volunteers arrived at the School with great enthusiasm to organize a health fair aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles among the younger attendees, while also providing essential health screenings such as blood pressure, blood […]

Program Background: The Healthy Living Style Youth Advocacy program is a venture supported by the Prevention Institution and operated by the Light and Salt Association. Its primary objective is to advocate for healthy living among youth. Recognizing the importance of youth involvement, AYLUS Pearland volunteers were invited to contribute their expertise in program design, evaluation, […]

Program Background: The Healthy Living Style Youth Advocacy program is a venture supported by the Prevention Institution and operated by the Light and Salt Association. Its primary objective is to advocate for healthy living among youth. Recognizing the importance of youth involvement, AYLUS Pearland volunteers were invited to contribute their expertise in program design, evaluation, […]

Program Background: The Healthy Living Style Youth Advocacy program is a venture supported by the Prevention Institution and operated by the Light and Salt Association. Its primary objective is to advocate for healthy living among youth. Recognizing the importance of youth involvement, AYLUS Pearland volunteers were invited to contribute their expertise in program design, evaluation, […]

Program Background: The Healthy Living Style Youth Advocacy program is a venture supported by the Prevention Institution and operated by the Light and Salt Association. Its primary objective is to advocate for healthy living among youth. Recognizing the importance of youth involvement, AYLUS Pearland volunteers were invited to contribute their expertise in program design, evaluation, […]

Program Background: The Healthy Living Style Youth Advocacy program is a venture supported by the Prevention Institution and operated by the Light and Salt Association. Its primary objective is to advocate for healthy living among youth. Recognizing the importance of youth involvement, AYLUS Pearland volunteers were invited to contribute their expertise in program design, evaluation, […]

On June 27, 2023, AYLUS Pearland proudly extended its support to Ed White Elementary School’s summer school program. Our dedicated volunteers were assigned to classrooms based on grade levels and their subject preferences, allowing them to provide targeted assistance to the students. The volunteers played a crucial role in facilitating effective lessons and ensuring that […]

On Monday, June 26th, the enthusiastic Pearland Branch volunteers convened at the West Pearland Library to conduct a comprehensive health education run-through for the upcoming health fair. The purpose of this gathering was to review and refine all the posters, ensuring the messages being conveyed were clear and impactful. The dedicated volunteers meticulously examined each […]

On Saturday, June 24th, the dedicated Pearland volunteers gathered at the West Pearland Library, eagerly preparing for the upcoming health fair at Ed White Elementary School. The day began with a lively discussion among the volunteers, where they collectively decided on the topics and format of the posters they would be creating. After careful consideration, […]

June 27,was the first day of the AYLUS Pearland Summer Swimming Class session 2. Before class started, all the coaches got together, talked about what experiences they got with session 1, what improvement they needed. Each coach got assigned a new student. Based on each student’s swimming skill, they made plans for the whole session and […]

Today was the last class of session 1. Ethan Gao still worked with Kevin Zhao about the freestyle and started with backstroke, same as Edwin with Timothy Fan. Andy Zhao and Kevin Liao improved their freestyle. With the 9 weeks learning all students got big improvements. Andy Zhao was hesitant to get into the water.now can swim […]

On Thursday, June 20, 2023, 4 AYLUS volunteers taught and improved kids on a one to one basis. At the beginning the students showed what they learned in the last class.  Erick Gao and Eddie Fu taught Andy Zhao and Kevin Liao how to swim freestyle, Ethan Gao worked with Kevin Zhaohow to swim freestyle […]

On Monday, June 19, volunteers coached tennis as part of their continued summer tennis lessons for fundraising. The 14 students were divided by their skill level, with Derek, Noah, and Yangyang in charge of the beginner class and Alex, William, and Zide in charge of the intermediates. After warm-up and drills, the kids came together […]

On June 26, AYLUS volunteers worked at Ed White elementary school to help the teachers with teaching the students. The volunteers were split into different classes, ranging from 1 st to 5 th grade. They assisted the teachers with teaching math, science, and English to the students by helping them understand difficult problems. In the […]

On the 12th and 13th of June 2023, AYLUS Pearland worked with summer school students at Ed White Elementary. The volunteers were dispersed across classrooms and assisted instructors by answering students’ questions and clarifying confusing chunks of the course to confounded children. Students at Ed White were well-behaved and enjoyable to work with. With the […]

On Friday, June 23, from 7:30- 8:30 PM, AYLUS volunteers coached tennis as part of their continued Summer tennis lessons for fundraising. The students were split between 2 courts where Boyu, Wyatt, and Caroline lead the beginners, and Alexander, Zide and Dayou lead the intermediates with William overseeing the coaches. After warmup, the beginners worked […]

On Sunday, June 25th, AYLUS volunteers coached tennis from 7:30PM – 8:30PM as part of their continued Summer tennis lessons for fundraising. Since the lesson was only an hour long, the students first did a quick warmup and immediately proceeded to work on their strokes. Caroline, Wyatt and Yangyang coached the beginners and Alexander, Zide, […]

On the 20th of this month, we taught the class new skills and helped them improve on older skills.Everyone who signed up for the class luckily showed up for the lesson. The first person to arrive at the lesson was Timothy Fan with the other arriving soon after. Kevin Zhao mastered the skill of properly […]

On Friday, June 16, 2023, 4 AYLUS volunteers taught and improved kids on swimming. In the group, Erick Gao and Eddie Fu taught Andy how to utilize arms and kicking at the same time, Ethan Gao taught Kevin how to swim freestyle, and Edwin Gao taught Timothy how to do swimming laps and backstroke. At […]

On Friday, June 16, AYLUS volunteers coached tennis as part of their continued summer tennis lessons for fundraising. Since there were many more students than normal, with a total of 18, the coaches split students between 3 courts. After warm-up and stretches, the beginner classes were divided between courts 1 and 2 and the intermediate […]

On Wednesday, June 14, AYLUS volunteers returned to the Light and Salt association’s SMILE  program to lead and assist in classes. The day started with life skills videos led by Derek and continued with crafts with Abigail, who taught how to create a hot-air balloon card. The day ended with an art class with Ms. […]

On June 17th, AYLUS volunteers participated in the Old Pearland’s Farmers Market. The volunteers were divided into two groups, each with a unique task. One group worked at an information desk, where they provided attendees with comprehensive information about the impact of AYLUS. The other group worked at a welcome desk, where they warmly greeted […]

On Thursday, June 15, 2023, 4 AYLUS volunteers were joined by a student swim coach, Thomas Liang. The 4 AYLUS volunteers learned by watching Thomas instruct the students so that they could improve their own teaching skills. Thomas taught Andy Zhao how to improve his kicking technique and taught him to kick from one end of the pool to the other with […]

On June 14, 2023, AYLUS volunteers coached tennis at Dawson High school as a continued effort of their annual fundraising campaign. Since three coaches were present today, the class of eleven students was split between Zide teaching the more advanced students and Derek and Dayou managing the beginner levels. The class began with typical warm-ups […]

On the 14th and 15th of June 2023, AYLUS Pearland worked with summer school students at Ed White Elementary in Houston Independent School District, named for Ed White, the first American spacewalker. The volunteers were dispersed across classrooms and assisted instructors by answering students’ questions and clarifying confusing chunks of the course to confounded children. […]

On June 13, members of the Pearland branch of AYLUS volunteered at the SMILE program held by the Light and Salt Association. During the first half of the morning, Hosanna Spencer guided the students to create a color pencil drawing of a scenic beach. This activity not only involved drawing, but also coloring and shading […]

On the 4 th class of session one, the class learned new skills, but the class was much smaller. Eddie Fu was unable to attend to teach and Timothy Fan was not present. However, this did not stop the rest of the class from learning new skills. The first person to arrive was Kevin Liao, […]

On June 12, 2023, volunteers coached tennis at Dawson High School courts as part of their continued summer fundraising program. Coaches began training on the track for an hour, where 10 students aged 5-13 stretched and participated in fitness activities. Afterwards, they were moved onto available courts to practice tennis for another hour. Drills included […]

On Saturday, June 10th, make up for June 8th class. AYLUS members volunteered to teach new swimmers at a swimming pool. The goal was to teach kids with differing levels of skill for swimming and also to improve and enhance their existing skills in swimming. This included teaching kids how to float in the water […]

On Friday, June 9, 2023, 4 AYLUS volunteers taught and improved kids on swimming. At the beginning students showed what they learned last. Then in the group, Erick Gao and Eddie Fu taught Andy Zhao how to kick properly, Ethan Gao taught Kevin Zhao how to float, and Edwin Gao taught Timothy Fan how to […]

Today was the first day of session 1. All coaches arrived 30 min in advance to get prepared, and the students 15 min, with introduction and safety briefing started the class. Then each student showed their swimming skill, if they can a little bit or totally can not swim. Andy Zhao was afraid of water […]