In June 2021, AYLUS Pearland started to offer free summer reading lessons. By using resources from Reading A-Z, 8 AYLUS Pearland volunteers were able to help more than 20 students ranging from first to fifth grade. In addition to using the given materials, the volunteers prepared their own lesson plans before class to help the […]

On May 15, 2021, AYLUS Pearland volunteered at Keep Pearland Beautiful’s Cigarette Cleanup Event from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. At the start of the event, Keep Pearland Beautiful gave volunteers a presentation regarding the procedure of collecting cigarettes as well as spreading awareness of the environmental impact of wrongfully discarding cigarettes. Then, volunteers were […]

Almost all of the in-person summer camps have been paused by COVID-19 pandemic , therefore, the demanding for online tutoring are growing massively. Especially for elementary students, their parents feel their kids’ education are negatively impacted by school closure due to the concerning of coronavirus. To help the community, some of AYLUS members volunteered to […]

On the morning of April 24th (2021), AYLUS Pearland worked to clean up and beautify the Pearland Town Center, in preparation for Earth Day celebrations. Along with students from local high schools and organized by the Greater Businesses of Pearland, volunteers filled numerous trash bags with plastic cups, plastic bags, cigarette butts, and other various pieces […]

Since September of 2015, AYLUS Pearland has led hundreds of different service events for its community and beyond. From volunteering with organizations like Pearland Parks and Recreation, to video chats across the world with our Hello Wuhan project, to fundraising and coaching summer recreational activities, we were all impressed by how much AYLUS has accomplished. […]

On April 17th, 2021 from 8:00 to 10:00, four AYLUS volunteers came together to clean up the flowerbeds of the Community Garden at the front of Pearland YMCA. We helped by pulling out foliage by their roots, disposing of them, and cleaning several flower beds to grow new plants. After working two hours in the […]

Throughout the summer of 2020 (6/18/2020 and 6/23/2020), several AYLUS Pearland volunteers participated in the summer driveway wash fundraising event. The volunteers fundraised money for the AYLUS organization by power washing several driveways, including Mrs. Yang’s. Each volunteer worked diligently to remove and wash away the surface dirt on the driveways. After working for several […]

On August 29th, AYLUS Pearland organized an online gathering before the Fall school semester started. The participants were all TAs who taught the summer programs, TAs for Hello Wuhan program, volunteers who participated in other AYLUS Pearland activities in 2020, and donors to the several fundraising events hosted by AYLUS Pearland. On August 8th, AYLUS […]

In June of 2020 (6/18/2020, 6/23/2020), several AYLUS Pearland volunteers participated in the summer driveway wash fundraising event. The volunteers fundraised money for the AYLUS organization by power washing several driveways, including Mrs. Yang’s. Each volunteer worked diligently to remove and wash away the surface dirt on the driveways. After working for 3 hours on […]

AYLUS Pearland held its first spring nursery and seedlings fundraising event during February-April 2021 in the collaboration with Pearland Chinese Association. This event was sponsored by Project Rise and Shine who provided the initial funding to purchase planting supplies such as gardening soil, seedling pots, and planting bags. Many families in the Pearland community donated […]

On June 23rd, 2020, AYLUS  Pearland Vice President Andy Jiang represented AYLUS Pearland at Project Rise and Shine’s Collaborative Meeting.  In the meeting Andy Jiang introduced AYLUS’ mission and vision, along with its history and recent events.  At the end of June, Project Rise and Shine invited AYLUS Pearland to become one of the ten […]

During the winter break of 2020, AYLUS Pearland decided to print their first event calendar. On January 2nd, 2021, all photos were selected by AYLUS board members along with three calendar designs.  The first draft of the calendar was completed on Jan. 2nd and submitted to the board for review.  The 2nd version was completed […]

Beginning in March, AYLUS Pearland organized a donation to the students of Forester Elementary school. Parents from all across the AYLUS Pearland community donated academic supplies, non-perishable food items, hygiene products, and clothing to be distributed to students at Forester Elementary School. After collecting donations for three weeks, on March 26th, 2021, AYLUS then gathered […]

During August and September, AYLUS Pearland members were invited to virtually teach students from economically disadvantaged elementary schools located in Houston. Despite the students having minimum knowledge in art and limited materials, they were able to experiment with multiple different styles of art including realism, abstract, and cartoon drawing. Every week, the students could choose […]

On Saturday March 20, AYLUS Pearland attended the Plant a Tree Day event hosted by Keep Pearland Beautiful and sponsored by Aramco. The goal of KPB’s event was to plant 1000 native tree species including oak, maple, pine, and cedar along the walking trail at the John Hargrove Environment Complex. During the event, AYLUS members, […]

During the holiday of 2020, the AYLUS Pearland Branch hosted a book drive. Within a week, 31 volunteers attended the book drive and a total of 795 books were collected. The number of books each volunteer donated ranged from 4 to 140. The books are for 1st to 8th grades. The donated books included many different fiction […]

During August and September, AYLUS Pearland members were invited to virtually teach students from economically disadvantaged elementary schools located in Houston. Despite the students having minimum knowledge in art and limited materials, they were able to experiment with multiple different styles of art including realism, abstract, and cartoon drawing. Every week, the students could choose […]

On October 17th, AYLUS Co-Vice President Kate Liu presented for the AYLUS National Seminar. During the presentation, she introduced the accomplishments completed by AYLUS Pearland over the past years as well as the volunteer activities that the Pearland branch has participated in. After the presentation, she openly answered questions that other AYLUS branches had. In […]

On March 13, 2021, AYLUS attended a waterway cleanup event hosted by Keep Pearland Beautiful. Nine volunteer members attended the event and worked from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM. The group of volunteers helped pick up litter around Centennial Park and along Mary’s Creek. Volunteers worked diligently and ended up filling multiple bags with items […]

On the afternoon of February 21, 2021, two AYLUS volunteers pressure-washed Ms. Sophie’s driveway to support AYLUS Pearland. The volunteers first started by clearing the driveway of plant pots and other gardening items. Then, they hooked up and started the pressure-washing machine to begin cleaning the driveway. Because of the recent winter storm that rolled […]

On January 23, 2021, AYLUS attended the service in the annual Arbor Day Tree Giveaway event at Stella Roberts Recycling Center. The event was hosted by Keep Pearland Beautiful. 10 AYLUS volunteers grouped in two shifts, each group worked 2.5 hours to load trees into the drive through vehicles. In the chilly weather, AYLUS volunteers […]

AYLUS Webinar Report 1/30/21 On January 30, 2021, AYLUS Pearland teamed up with Light and Salt Association: Project Rise and Shine and the Dawson Community Problem Solving team in order to conduct an online webinar about the COVID-19 disease. The event was organized by ten Dawson students under the team of Project Vaccination Perspectives. Around […]

On the crisp morning of January 9, 2021, AYLUS Pearland teamed up with Pearland Parks and Recreation to take down the Christmas decorations at Independence Park. After a brief rundown of the day’s activities, the volunteers split into 3 different groups to take down wreaths around the park and unwrap the lights on over 120 […]

On the chilly Saturday morning of December 26, 2020, AYLUS volunteers teamed up to pick up trash and clean the area at the Sports Complex at Shadow Creek Ranch. The volunteers arrived at 9:00 AM and worked until 10:30 AM. After a short rundown of the day’s activities, and a recap of the year’s largest projects and […]

From 12/16/20-12/20/20, AYLUS hosted an event to send holiday greeting cards to patients and medical staff at Houston Methodist Hospital. In total, nineteen AYLUS volunteers wrote and decorated seventy-five cards by hand, which were emailed to Methodist’s performing arts center. These cards will be printed out and delivered to the hospital’s patients and medical staff […]

From August to November 2020, a group of Dawson HS students partnered with AYLUS Pearland to raise money for Tuscany Village nursing home by selling homemade face masks. Several other AYLUS members contributed time and donated materials as well. We raised over $700 through sales and donated an additional $400 worth of masks to Pearland […]

On the evening of December 12th, AYLUS Pearland with the City of Pearland Parks and Recreation Department prepared and guided the participants of the Tour De Lites bicycle riding event. On the weekend before the school semester final exams, volunteers gathered in Pearland Independence Park around 4:45 in the afternoon and helped bike riders sign […]

On the morning of November 21st, in preparation for the upcoming winter holidays, AYLUS Pearland teamed up with Pearland Parks and Recreation to decorate Independence Park. On a bright and sunny morning, volunteers woke up early during the start of their Thanksgiving Break to help brighten the winter holidays. With the decorations happening for the […]

On Saturday Oct. 10th from 8am to 11 am, AYLUS Pearland hosted a landscape project for Pearland’s Delores Fenwick Nature Center. Volunteers brought garden tools from home, including rakes, garden hoes, shovels, garden scoops, as well as used Keep Pearland Beautiful supplies. The project was to clean up and put mulch on the flower beds and trees […]

Starting from mid-March, Keep Pearland Beautiful stopped clean up event due to COVID-19 pandemic. After contacted with the KPB director Ms.Tollefson, AYLUS volunteers teamed up to pick up trash at Centennial Park. On the beautiful Saturday morning of Sept. 26th, 2020, volunteers arrived at 7:30 AM and worked until 9:30 AM. Volunteers split into 3-persons […]

On Sept. 1st, 2020, AYLUS Pearland organized a Food Drive to support the local community. Within two weeks, 32 students and parents from the community attended the food and PPE donation. Donated food include canned food, boxed meals, spaghetti, instant noodle, cereals, and snacks. All the food were sent to Pearland Neighborhood Center, which is […]

During the first wave of COV-19 pandemic, AYLUS Pearland worked together to support our local community. Because of this we have been able to weather the storm and we have fared relatively well. However, as the economic toll from the corona virus outbreak continues to mount, a Pew Research Center server found that the pandemic […]

On August 8 th we hosted the last class for the “Hello Wuhan” project. Volunteers and Wuhan students gathered online to share their experiences of the past five months and say farewell to each other. This project was officially initiated in early March amidst the global pandemic when students on both ends of the world were […]

In August, Ms. Zhang contacted AYLUS for the power wash of her driveway to support the annual summer fundraising event. On August 23rd , Matthew Li and Andy Jiang went to wash the driveway. Matthew Li participated in this event for the first time and the veteran power wash volunteer, Andy Jiang, showed him how to operate […]

This summer, the AYLUS Pearland Branch began teaching their dance classes virtually through Zoom. Each class was an hour long and one class was held per week. Four volunteers served the community by scheduling class, choreographing dances, choosing songs, teaching class, recording practice videos, and communicating with parents. In each class, the volunteers started off […]

On the morning of August 22, 2020, several AYLUS Pearland members volunteered alongside members from other organizations at a food and PPE distribution event coordinated by Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Health Equity Response Task Force. The event took place at the Notre Dame Catholic Church from 8 AM to 12:30 PM. At the start of the event, the […]

Across the summer, volunteers from AYLUS Pearland created a free preparation program for the local Gifted and Talented Program and Math Club. A total of 21 students have enrolled for GT-MATH club, ranging from incoming grades 4 to 6. The GT-MATH club consisted of one large group lecture per week to review and learn topics that […]

From Jun 2nd to August 8th, AYLUS volunteers provided 10 free online Reading Practice lessons using Zoom to local community students. Each lesson was 1.5 hours and one lesson was held per week. Twelve volunteers attended the tutoring program service with duties such as: student registration, organizing classes, scheduling classes, and communicating with parents. A […]