For the 142nd event, hosted on March 30th, 2025, members of AYLUS Oakland Gardens branch volunteered at John Golden Park for NYC Parks’ Pitch in for Parks event. This event was opened to the public and encouraged all members of the community to work together to beautify parks in Queens in preparation for spring events. Justin Argo, Administrative Park and Recreation Manager, introduced the members to the event and explained that it was important to rake areas like baseball fields so that the community could start using them again.
First, essential tools, including rakes, garbage bags, brooms, and pickers, were distributed among the groups; each team member was assigned a specific tool, ensuring an efficient cleanup. Once equipped, the groups spread out across the park and began their work. While some teams were raking leaves and bagging them, others were sweeping sweet gum tree balls and moving logs to a designated log pile. At the end, the teams had collected many bags of leaves, making a significant contribution to the day’s event.
This event would not have been possible without the continuous support of many individuals. Northeast Queens’ Parks Administrators Liz Asaro and Jessica Ugalde’s organization made today’s cleanup a success. We would also like to thank Jackie Langsam, the Borough Commissioner, for stopping by and encouraging our members. Finally, we thank Justin Argo for his invaluable guidance and also for giving our members NYC Parks hats. Thank you so much to all of you and we hope that we can continue working together in the future!
Our volunteers:
1. Henry Jiang: 3.5 hours
2. Elina Lee : 3.5 hours
3. Nuoyan Chen : 3.5 hours
4. Kaden He : 3.5 hours
5. Adrian Jiang : 3.5 hours
6. Alexander Lu : 3.5 hours
7. Ricky Song : 3.5 hours
8. Vicki Lin : 3.5 hours
9. Yifei Mei : 3.5 hours
10. Ian Lee : 3.5 hours
11. Eason Lin : 3.5 hours
12. Nuoheng Chen : 3.5 hours
13. Zhuoning Li : 3.5hours
14. Isabella Wang : 3.5 hours
15. Anthony Xu : 3.5 hours
16. Matthew Lin : 3.5 hours
17. Patrick Yeung : 3.5 hours
18. Benny Yeung : 3.5 hours
19. Sophia Xu : 3.5 hours
20. Ryan Wu : 3.5 hours
21. Terrence Cao : 3.5 hours
22. Anson Gao : 3.5 hours
23. Karis Lau : 3.5 hours
24. Shirley Chiu : 3.5 hours
25. Opal Tsai : 3.5 hours
26. Tiffany Kong : 3.5 hours
27. Nerissa Xu : 3.5 hours
28. Paxton Xu : 3.5 hours
29. Ioklee Lin : 3.5 hours
30. Ioknor Lin : 3.5 hours
31. Hongyu Wei : 3.5 hours
32. Austin Li : 3.5 hours
33. Yuhan Lin : 3.5 hours
34. Eric Zheng : 3.5 hours
35. Joanna Qu : 3.5 hours
36. Jerry Shan : 3.5 hours
37. Dylan Chen : 3.5 hours
38.Jasmine Qu : 3.5 hours
39. Brandon Lin : 3.5 hours
40. Aiden Lin : 3.5 hours
41. Aaron Shi : 3.5 hours
42. Derrick Gao : 3.5 hours
43. Emerson Chen : 3.5 hours
44. Queenie Qiu : 3.5 hours
45. Justin Qiu : 3.5 hours
46. Cynthia Shi : 3.5 hours
47. Shiqi Zheng : 3.5 hours
48.Zhengyilan Fang : 3.5 hours
49.Sophia ShiHan You : 3.5 hours
50.Stephanie ShiRan You : 3.5 hours
51.Jia Qi Liu : 3.5 hours
52. Iokseng Lin : 3.5 hours
53.Iokting Lin : 3.5 hours
54. Jierui Liu : 2.5 hours
55. Sophia Lu: 1 hour
Parent Adviser Team:
Teng Fei Liu: 5 hours
Hsinhui Liao: 5 hours
Cui Fang Li: 5 hours
Report Written by: Iokseng Lin
Reviewed by: Jia Qi (Angela) Liu
