Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On May 18th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS worked on the Little Garden of Hope Project. The members met up early at the Home Depot Nursery to buy more plants for their garden. They bought 8 pots of vegetable seedlings and headed over to Jacob’s House. Upon arriving, the members first […]
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Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (58th) ( 5/12/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On May 12, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS volunteered at local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers arrived to distribute Mother’s Day cards to the female residents, joining them in reading the contents. They helped the residents with their exercise, stretching out their limbs and joints, before helping the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Senior Center Music Performance ( 7th) ( 5/5/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On May 5th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS organized a performance for the seniors in honor of Mother’s Day. Members split the group into two, with one group performing at the Memory Care center and the other performing at the Independent Living. Members had to adjust along the way since there were […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (19th) (5/5/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen: On May 9th, Murrieta AYLUS cleaned up their local beach. As they circled around the park, they found cigarette butts, cheeto bags, and a bunch of ripped up plastic spoons. While the wind took a toll on the members, they managed to not lose anything from their bags. As they went […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (57th) ( 5/5/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On May 5, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS assisted at local senior centers. The volunteers began with light exercise, stretching out their legs and arms and practicing breathing exercised. Afterwards, the volunteers took the residents outside for fresh air, transporting the oxygen tanks alongside some of them. The residents were taken on […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #19– ABWK Senior Home Painting Project (4/27/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On April 27th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS member lent a hand to the Habitat for Humanity organization by participating in the Menifee Better Together, a yearly activity organized by the City of Menifee to promote community beautification and celebrate Earth Day. There were multiple projects available for volunteers to choose […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (56th) ( 4/28/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On April 28, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers started with attending to odds and ends of the seniors, giving them juice/water and cookies and feeding the residents that were unable to eat for themselves. After the snack, the residents were […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (55th) ( 4/21/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On April 21st, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped their local senior center. Members signed in first before heading to their places. At the ice cream parlor, members helped open a new carton of ice cream and then started to set up. They made sure to clean their hands and wear […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (54th) ( 4/14/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On April 14th 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. They began with assisting the residents with rounds of exercise, helping the residents work out their muscles and stretch, before beginning to serve drinks and snacks. Some of the residents got yoghurt and pudding and were […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (29th ) (4/20/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On April 20th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS helped the Little Garden of Hope. Members started by going to their local Home Depot and buying some plants and fertilizer to add to the garden beds. After, they transported the materials to the garden and started by rooting out all the weeds in […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (18th) (4/13/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On April 13th 2024, AYLUS members had a beach cleanup in the local park. Up in the park, they found discarded plastic pieces such as spoons, bags, and even found a heap of trash that included beach towels, cardboard boxes, cans, and a book. On the beach, they continued to […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (53rd) ( 4/7/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On April 7th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members assisted at local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers helped the residents with their morning workout and stretch of the day. They began with some stretching and burners before doing some breathing exercises. The volunteers prepared a snack of fruit […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #18– ABWK Senior Home Painting Project (4/6/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On April 6th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the A Brush with Kindness project. As they arrived in the cold morning the volunteers began taping off the house. The edges were taped off and paper was laid and taped down on top. They then laid out tarps […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (47th) (4/5/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On April 5th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped their local food bank. They took a shipment of different deli products and began sorting them, setting them up for boxing later. They also took care to restock the bread and dessert shelves for the day, sorting out the rolls, sliced bread, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (46th) (4/4/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On April 4th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped their local food bank. Members started by sorting through the bread boxes. The boxes had an assortment of different types of breads and desserts. Members thouroughly went through the boxes, putting each grain product/dessert in their section. After, members brought the empty […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (45th) (4/3/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On April 3rd, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped their local food bank. Members first signed in before starting to sort the meats. Members were given several boxes of random meats and they had to sort them into their own respective boxes. They had a beef box, a chicken/turkey box, and […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (31st) (4/2/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On April 2nd, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members conducted a park cleanup. Circling around the park, they began in the bathroom area, finding discarded plastics and papers as they went. As they rounded the park they also found straws, orange peels, and tissues scattered about. They examined the bushes next to […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (44th) (4/2/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On April 2nd, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the Community Mission of Hope food bank. They began with sorting through boxes of produce, watching for rot and mold and tossing the vegetables that had gone bad into a bag, which would then be taken to local farms […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (52nd) ( 3/31/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao: On March 31st, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers initiated the day with assisting the residents in exercise and acclimating the residents to the day. As they rested following the physical exertion, the volunteers prepared a snack of cheddar […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (43rd) (3/29/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On March 29th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local food bank, the Community Mission of Hope. The members started off with bagging cartons of strawberries in plastic bags to be distributed in food boxes later. Not long after they finished their task, the supervisor called a quick […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (42nd) (3/28/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On March 28th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local food bank, the Community Mission of Hope. The members worked on splitting a new batch of strawberries into bags. They then worked on heping with handing out food to cars outside, organizing deliveries, packing boxes, and sorting food […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (41st) (3/27/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu: On March 27th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local food bank, the Community Mission of Hope. When the members arrived, the food bank was already bustling with volunteers. First, they worked on the crates of strawberries, placing two cartons in a plastic bag which they tied off and […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (40th) (3/26/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On March 26th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local food bank, the Community Mission of Hope. Today, they worked together in making boxes of food. Each box of food has a pack of frozen meat and a selection of delicatessen, fruit, vegetables, breads, and desserts. The members […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (39th) (3/25/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On March 25th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local food bank, the Community Mission of Hope. As usual for Mondays, the members worked mainly on receiving and sorting donations. The donations from supermarkets and bakeries were weighed first before being sorted through. The members worked together in […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (17th) (3/24/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On March 24th 2024, AYLUS members had a beach cleanup on their local beach and park. As they exited their vehicle, they were immediately brought into attention by the winds, as the combination of the unique weather condition and the ocean breeze culminated into tumultuous drafts that hindered the volunteers […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (51st) ( 3/24/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, March 24, Murrieta AYLUS members helped local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers began with helping get the residents comfortable, before beginning the workout. Doing various stretches and exercises, the residents soon grew tired. The volunteers began pouring juice and water and scooped fruits, giving […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (24th) (3/23/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Saturday, March 23, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the STAT animal sanctuary. Greeting the goats and pigs, the volunteers cleared out their waste from the area. They shoveled the waste into a wheelbarrow, then moved on to the turkey and sheep pen. After clearing out the pen, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (30th) (3/17/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On March 17th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS cleaned up their adopted park. Members went around the grass first and found a lot of candy wrappers scattered throughout the park. They found an area under the trees littered with orange peels theat they patiently cleaned up. Members walked through the grass and […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 50th) ( 3/17/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On March 17th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers began by spooning mandarin oranges into bowls and smashing banana for residents who couldn’t chew properly. They helped supervise to make sure that some residents didn’t injure themselves, and […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (23rd) (3/16/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu: On March 16th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local animal sanctuary. After greeting the dogs and kittens with pets, the members got to work, rolling a wheelbarrow with shovels and rakes to the goat pen on the side. Each member had their own task—two people raked up […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (28th ) (3/10/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On march 10th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped The Little Garden of Hope Project. Members started by clearing the weeds that have grown since they were last there. They were careful not to affect the growing plants that were close to the weeds. Then, they watered all the beds that […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 49th) ( 3/10/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu: On March 10th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS played piano for the seniors. Members got some new music to play this time. They played some old traditional songs like Danny Boy, some famous classical pieces, such as Fur Elise, and more. Near the end, members got some requests from the seniors, which they […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (16th) (3/9/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On March 9th 2024, AYLUS members had a beach cleanup in the local park. In the upper park, they found the remains of a gender reveal party: discarded balloon parts, confetti, and plastic string. Everything was swiftly cleaned up and thrown away. As they went to the lower park, they […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 48th) ( 3/3/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, March 3, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered at local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers helped the residents stretch and exercise together, before preparing peaches and juice as a light snack. The volunteers gave a small performance on the violin, before spending some time playing a […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts Recycling Event to Help Rescued Animals # 15 (3/2 & 3/26/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Saturday, March 2, Murrieta AYLUS members recycled bottles and cans to raise money for charity. Arriving early at the recycling center, the volunteers separated their bottles and cans into groups. They counted out 50 plastic bottles and 40 cans, then separated the rest of the plastics, the glass bottles, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 47th) ( 2/25/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, February 25, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers began with helping the residents stretch and work out, before taking away the pool noodles and preparing the snack. They poured orange juice and water and spooned peaches for […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (38th) (2/19/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Monday, February 19, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the Community Mission of Hope food bank. The volunteers started their day with washing vegetable crates, scrubbing the crates individually with dish soap before running them under the sink for a rinse. This proved to be tedious, so the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 46th) ( 2/18/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, February 18, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers began with assisting the residents in their workout, taking time to help the residents stretch out their muscles and joints. After the workout, the residents were served juice, water, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (29th) (2/19/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On February 29th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS cleaned up their adopted park. Members split up into two groups so they could cover more ground in a quicker time. They started in the parking lot this time before moving to the playground. Members found a lot of tiny wrappers scattered throughout the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #17– ABWK Senior Home Painting Project (2/17/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Saturday, February 17, Murrieta AYLUS members participated in the A Brush with Kindness program. The volunteers began the morning with taping off the areas of the house that were made of vinyl, covering the areas with a layer of paper on top. They found some areas of the house […]