In September of 2026, the AYLUS Bellaire Branch organized a book drive to support Books for Development, an organization that collects new and gently used books to establish libraries and promote literacy in less developed countries around the world. The purpose of this service project was to help provide educational resources to communities with limited access to reading materials. Through collecting books from local families and AYLUS members, the branch aimed to encourage reading and make a positive impact on the lives of others.
AYLUS Bellaire members distributed flyers on September 6th to inform Bellaire residents about the donation opportunity. Following the flyer distribution, book donations were collected from the Bellaire community on September 19th. In addition, several AYLUS Bellaire members also dropped off books at Justin Wang’s home throughout the week, adding to the total number of donations collected.
By the end of the book drive, five families from the Bellaire community and eight AYLUS members had contributed over 427 books. On September 21st, all the collected books were delivered to Books for Development’s Houston warehouse.
Eight AYLUS members participated in the donation:
Justin Wang (5 hours)
Runfei Zhang (3 hours)
Martin Wang (5 hours)
Selina Yuan (2 hours)
Jin Zhou (3 hours)
Eric Liu (3 hours)
Helen Zhang (5 hours)
William Xue (5 hours)
Reported by Justin Wang
