On Saturday, April 18th, 2026, AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 223rd event at P.S. 203. For this event, our group collaborated with the PTA of P.S. 203 to hold a clothing drive. The donated clothes would go to the people in need and would help fundraise and support the school.
Our branch started this event by setting up at the entrance of the school. The PTA members of the school gave us instructions on helping the donors. As the clothing drive started, many people started donating clothes in bags. We served them by helping those who were taking part in the fundraiser. Due to the heavy bags, we were instructed to help people carry the bags with clothes so they wouldn’t have much trouble carrying them to the drop-off location. Many donors donated by car, so we went to the cars where the donors were, and they would hand the clothes to our members who would carry the clothes to the piles. By doing this act of service, many donors were grateful, and it created much less of a hassle for the donors.
Later on during the event, when the clothing drive was about over, the pickup truck for the clothes came. The two workers inside the truck stood on top of the truck, and half of our members carried the bags near the truck, while the rest carried the bags near the truck onto the ledge of the truck. The workers would put around 4-5 bags on a scale, give the PTA members the ok, and the workers would put the bags to the inside of the back. This process of carrying the bags inside the truck took roughly 30 minutes, with the last few bags filling up the rest of the truck capacity.
At the end of this event, the school’s PTA and our members finished transporting the bags inside the truck. We successfully collected 6131.2 pounds of clothing, which is over 3 tons’ worth. We would like to say thanks to P.S. 203 for giving us this opportunity, and we would like to thank the PTA and the truck workers who helped and guided us through this event. They taught us their strategies and how to utilize them. Finally, we would like to thank our members who participated in this event, as well as those who donated clothes for the better.
Our Volunteers:
1. Jia Qi Liu (Angela): 4.5 hours
2. Ashlee Chen : 4.5 hours
3. Austin Li : 4.5 hours
4. Paxton Xu : 4.5 hours
5. Nerissa Xu : 4.5 hours
6. Aiden Lin：4.5 hours
7. Vicki Lin : 2.5 hours
8. Stephanie You : 2.5 hours
9. Yilin Peng : 2 hours
10. Linke Peng : 2 hours
11. Ioknor Lin : 2 hours
12. Ricky Song : 2 hours
13. Vincent He : 1 hour
14. Katrina Zhang : 1 hour
15. Kaitlyn Zhang : 1 hour
16. Kaden He : 1 hour
17. Enda Zheng: 1 hour
18. Honglei Luo : 1 hour
19. Albert Tang : 1 hour
20. Ella Tai : 1 hour
21. Luke Chen : 1 hour
22. Hong Hao Liu: 1 hour
23. Brandon Lin : 1 hour
24. Ivan Cao : 1 hour
25. Elina Lee : 1 hour
26. Ian Lee : 1 hour
27. Sophia You : 1 hour
28. Zhanger Li : 1 hour
29. Nicole Chen : 1 hour
30. Brian Wu : 1 hour
31. Martin Qu : 1 hour
32. Zhengyilan Fang :1 hour
33. Shiqi Zheng: 1 hour
34. Cynthia Shi: 1 hour
35. Dylan Chen: 1 hour
36. Amy Liu: 1 hour
37.Iokting Lin : 1 hour
38.Selena You : 1 hour
39. Iokseng Lin : 1 hour
40. Ioklee Lin: 1 hour
41. Tracy Zhang: 1 hour
42. Linan Cao: 1 hour
43. Jason Liu: 1 hour
44. Nathan Jin: 1 hour
45. Paipai Xu : 1 hour
46. Gina Gao: 1 hour
47. Anson Gao : 1 hour
48. Nuoyan Chen : 1 hour
49. Nuoheng Chen: 1 hour
50. Abby Zheng: 1 hour
51. Kobe Zheng: 1 hour
52. Tianxiang Ding: 1 hour
53. Jayden Chen: 1 hour
54. Ryan Wu: 1 hour
55. Darren Wu: 1 hour
56. Victor Chen : 1 hour
57. Ruixuan Song : 1 hour
58. Ruien Song: 1 hour
Parent Adviser Team:
Fannie Li: 4.5 hours
Karen Liao: 4.5 hours
Faye Liu: 4.5 hours
Report Written by: Aiden Lin
Reviewed by: Jia Qi (Angela) Liu
