On Saturday, March 30, the Great Neck Branch of AYLUS visited the Valley Stream State Park. Their goals every Saturday are to help out at state parks which may include getting rid of invasive species of plants, which was bamboo this week. They helped to clear the area of invasive bamboo which is a plant that grows really fast. There were about 30 volunteers from the Great Neck Branch alone this week, so this project was done very efficiently. There were volunteers that helped to cut down the bamboo using large clippers. Others, forming a chain, helped move the bamboo away to be cut by other volunteers into further smaller pieces and removed. They worked almost continuously the whole time. The volunteers cleared a large area of the invasive species, through teamwork. The volunteers worked hard, clearing the invasive bamboo from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.
Volunteers: Serena Chen, Zoe Xia, Adena Yang, Yongxing Chen, Andrew Qian, Swana Tang, Starron Tang, Qifeng Han, Qishen Han, Athena Liu, Shaoyu Guo, Ankie Huang, Ang Chen, Xingzhi Li, Yingxiang(Xavier) Liu, Felicia Liu, Yuya Liu, Kevin Zhang, Tiffany Zhang, Steven Ni, Ting Lan Chen, Finley Chen, Eden Chen, Yutong Xing, Benjamin Lee, Maggie Xiao, jinkuan Chen, Sophie Chen, Chen Liang (2.5 hrs)