On Sunday, May 6, from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm, the Roslyn Aylus Branch volunteered to help Chinese Culture Association of Long Island to teach their students the chinese culture and the chinese language.
CCALI first started in 1979, starting with few students and teachers, but over the years it slowly grew into a larger association on Long Island. In 1986, the CCALI became a New York State non- profit community organization. Their mission is to “educate future generations about the Chinese language and culture and to expand Chinese culture exchange in our society.”
To assist CCALI with their goals, we helped out as teacher’s assistants in each classroom and helped the teachers with keeping the classrooms in clean and organized, and keeping the students on good behaviors. We also completed many small tasks assigned from the teachers such as stapling the students’ homework and passing out practice sheets. Volunteers with younger students would also be responsible for bringing them to the bathroom and provide them with stools to stand on as they wash their hands. The students were given awards such as stickers on their sticker grid or coupons that they used to buy snacks and toys at the coupon shop.
Members that participated include:
Mingyao Xu (3.5 hours), Ethan Lin (3.5 hours), Ryan Lin (3.5 hours), and Hunter Chen (3.5 hours).
Reporter: Mingyao Xu
