On January 15th, despite the threat of Omicron, the Greater Princeton Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted its 3rd Youth Benefit Concert in New Jersey while following strict CDC guidance.
In 2019, GPA hosted 2 successful youth benefit concerts, one for Ms. Suwei who was battling cancer, and the other for Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad (PFARS) to support its Campaign for the Future with a new headquarters. Our members worked hard to raise $5185 for Ms. Suwei and $5000 for PFARS.
Although COVID-19 pandemic had shut everything down for almost 2 years, GPA didn’t want to stop there and do nothing. Since 2020, our members have hosted nearly 90 Save a Life events to help people in need, with many fundraising and donation drives. In late 2021, we resumed our monthly music performance program for seniors. Now it’s time for us to resume our Youth Benefit Concert program to help save more lives.
Our 3rd Youth Benefit Concert raised $5600 (target was $5000+, thanks to our sponsors and friends) to show our appreciation to our local first respond heroes. Starting in January, GPA members have been using the collected funds to purchase hundreds of meals for EMS, First Aid & Rescue Squad, hospital doctors and nurses, and more!
AYLUS volunteers at the Youth Benefit Concert: Kevin Chen (8 hrs), Andrew Yao (8 hrs), Jerry Chen (6 hrs), Judy Zhang (4 hrs), Annie Dong (4 hrs), Jasmine Wilk (4 hrs), Xing Liao (4 hrs), and performers Joyce Li (3 hrs), Alan Wu (3 hrs), Victor Xu (3 hrs), Abby Pan (3 hrs), Mira Mei (3 hrs), Ian Warme (3 hrs), Luhang Liu (3 hrs), Lily Mei (3 hrs), Jessica Lorenz (3 hrs), Lillian Chen (3 hrs), Erich Dong (3 hrs), Lillian Yip (3 hrs), Elizabeth Lan (3 hrs), Ethan Yip (3 hrs), Katelyn Jeon (3 hrs), Jingxin Zhong (3 hrs), Kayla Wang (3 hrs), Sophia Shue (3 hrs), Jennifer Wang (3 hrs), Adam Wu-Mula (3 hrs), Angelina Huang (3 hrs), Neelesh Thanasageran (5 hrs), Julie Lan (3 hrs), Alex Huang (3 hrs), Annie Shangguan (5 hrs), Bryan Shangguan (5 hrs), Daniel Li (5 hrs), Sia Agarwala (3 hrs), Alejandro Wu-Mula (3 hrs), Gordon Li (3 hrs), Grace Liu (3 hrs), Shuman Huang (3 hrs), Dayla Li (3 hrs), Elizabeth Liu (3 hrs), Sophia McGlynn (3 hrs), Chelsea Sun (3 hrs), Melody Chen (3 hrs), Kate Wilk (3 hrs), Ginelle Fernandes (3 hrs), Lucas Sun (3 hrs), Lucas Wu (3 hrs), Ryan Wang (3 hrs), Audrey Liao (3 hrs), Skyler Chen (3 hrs), Charlotte Shen (3 hrs), Emily Zhou (3 hrs), Evelyn Kong (3 hrs), Tyler Fu (3 hrs), Amblin Cabsoba (3 hrs), Laetitia Huang (3 hrs), Kathy Yang (3 hrs), Jeffrey Liu (3 hrs), Emma Feng (3 hrs), Leia Levarek (3 hrs), Ziqi Zhang (3 hrs), Tyler Reed (3 hrs), Luke Lee (3 hrs), Pennie Lu (3 hrs), Tvisha Faria (3 hrs), Sujit Tirunahari (2 hrs), and more. These talented students attended the concert between 12 pm and 8 pm, who performed vocal solo, chorus, piano solo, string, and many kinds of musical instruments.
AYLUS 3rd Youth Benefit Concert (Condensed) videos edited/selected by Kevin Chen (1/22, 6 hrs; 1/23, 6 hrs), and Intro/Recording by Andrew Yao (1/22, 6 hrs; 1/23, 6 hrs).
