This is the 87th event hosted by AYLUS Oakland Gardens on Sunday June 14 2024. This event took three hours during the dry and very warm (82° F) morning. During the event we added to the beautification of the Meditation Garden in Kissena Corridor Park. The last time we worked on the Meditation Garden we moved and spread mulch to the majority of the rear of the garden. Today we continued that task by spreading mulch and pulling weeds in the front of the garden. We started similarly to the last event held at the Meditation Garden by beginning with a demonstration and instructions on our task from Roxana. Like the previous event we had to spread mulch on the designated areas of the garden to a depth of four to six inches, but this time the task of pulling weeds was added on.
During the event our volunteers were split into five groups ranging in size from ten to twenty five people. Each group handled a different section of the garden. While the groups were being formed, several volunteers helped Roxana and her staff distribute tools to each pile. We split the tools according to the size of each mulch pile. For the largest pile there were two wheel barrows, five pitchforks, two shovels, and 4 rakes, while the smaller piles of mulch got one wheel barrow, two to three pitchforks, at least two shovels and rakes. For two of the groups they were tasked with just spreading mulch to their part of the garden. The largest group had two areas to manage and had to move part of their pile to the other area. Another group had to pull mugwort as well as other unwanted debris and weeds from one of the contaminated areas, then they had to spread mulch on top of that to stop weeds from regrowing in that area. When they were done with clearing the area they moved the debris to the front of the garden where a park service vehicle was parked to collect the debris for disposal. At the end of the event all members were asked to help collect the tools and to help Roxana place them onto the bed of a park service pickup truck.
Lastly I would like to thank Roxana and her park staff for helping us and providing us with another opportunity to work with them. Working together we managed to yet again improve the Meditation Garden. We hope to work with them again in the future. Thank you for helping us better the community.
Our volunteers:
Jia Qi Liu 3.5 hours
Hong Hao Liu 3.5 hours
Patrick Guan 3.5 hours
Lucas Lin 3.5 hours
Justin Cheong 3.5 hours
Stephanie ShiRan You 3.5 hours
Anthony Xu 3.5 hours
Sophia Xu 3.5 hours
Maggie Liu 3.5 hours
Ashley Liu 3.5 hours
Shi Zhen Li 3.5 hours
Shi Hao Li 3.5 hours
Yiming Chen 3.5 hours
Jerry Zhu 3.5 hours
Sophia ShiHan You 3.5 hours
Jerry Shan 3.5 hours
Brayden Lau 3.5 hours
Fiona Liu 3.5 hours
Michelle Song 3.5 hours
Shirley Chiu 3.5 hours
Ivey Lam 3.5 hours
Bowen Chen 3.5 hours
Ioklee Lin 3.5 hours
Hao Chen Liu 3.5 hours
Yichen Liu 3.5 hours
Ioknor Lin 3.5 hours
Iokseng Lin 3.5 hours
Iokting Lin 3.5 hours
Blake Han 3.5 hours
Jun Zhe Ling 3.5 hours
Yuxin Liu 3.5 hours
Tian Xiang Ding 3.5 hours
Aidan Zheng 3.5 hours
Matthew Lin 3.5 hours
Lucas Xu 3.5 hours
Patrick Yeung 3.5 hours
Benny Yeung 3.5 hours
Sophia Lin 3.5 hours
Zijia He 3.5 hours
Cassandra Lin 3.5 hours
Elyssa Lin 3.5 hours
Sophia Gao 3.5 hours
Aaron Shi 3.5 hours
Derrick Gao 3.5 hours
Sabrina Gao 3.5 hours
Erica Li 3.5 hours
Xilin Huang 3.5 hours
Nerissa Xu 3.5 hours
Paxton Xu 3.5 hours
Brandon Lin 3.5 hours
Joanna Qu 3.5 hours
Jasmine Qu 3.5 hours
Ryan Wu 3.5 hours
Darren Wu 3.5 hours
Albert Tang 3.5 hours
Darren Li 3.5 hours
Austin Li 3.5 hours
Ian Lee 3.5 hours
Elina Lee 3.5 hours
Tyler Siegel 3.5 hours
Cindy Siegel 3.5 hours
Shiqi Zheng 3.5 hours
Zhengyilan Fang 3.5 hours
Anthony Lin 3.5 hours
Liam Cheung 3.5 hours
Queena Li 3 hours
Parent Adviser Team:
Cui Fang Li (Fannie): 4.5 hours
Teng Fei Liu (Faye): 4.5 hours
Hsinhui Liao (Karen): 4.5 hours
Report written by: Matthew Lin
Reviewed by: Jia Qi (Angela) Liu
