AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch’s 130th event was at Kissena Park on November 10th, 2024, and volunteers, instructed by Roxana, the supervisor of the park, and Ada, helped beautify the park. Members raked leaves, redistributed soil into fenced areas, weeded invasive species, and cleared branches from 9AM-12PM. To ensure the safety of AYLUS members and the […]

On November 2nd, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 129th event at the Kissena Park Playground. We were accompanied by Park Supervisor Roxana and other park workers, although park worker Ada was unable to come today. During the event, we repainted benches and raked leaves around the park. This event lasted from 9:00 AM to […]

On October 26th, AYLUS Oakland Gardens’ 128th event, AYLUS Oakland Gardens set up attractions at the Halloween Festival at Fort Totten Park. This is our second time doing activities at the Halloween Festival in Bayside. It was a cold day, but the sun was out. We started the event from 12:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. […]

This is the 127th event held by AYLUS Oakland Gardens on October 19th 2024. During the event AYLUS Oakland Gardens helped the three grounds keepers (Paul Brunn, Dana Gump, and Gene) to clean up, mulch, add new plants, and water in Crocheron park for 3 and a half hours. At the beginning of the event […]

Today is the 126th event of the AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch on October 12, 2024. In celebration of Indigenous People’s Day, we partnered with Maureen to maintain the Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground Conservancy as it is the final resting place for members of the original tribes living in Queens when Europeans first arrived. […]

On October 6, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 125th event, once again at Kissena Park. Under the guidance of Park Rangers Ada and Roxana, we cut vines, gathered trash, and cut branches to preserve the Historic Grove. This event lasted from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and around 50 members showed up to this […]

On September 15, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 123rd event by returning to Kissena Park. Working with Park Rangers Ada and Roxana, we cut vines, gathered branches, and removed invasive species to preserve the Historic Grove. This event lasted from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, and over 60 members showed up to this event. […]

This is the 122th event hosted by AYLUS Oakland Gardens. On Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 12:30 to 1:30, AYLUS Oakland Gardens members gathered books from our members to donate to Books for Taiwan. Books for Taiwan is a non-profit organization that strives to help Taiwan by donating books to them. These books will go […]

On September 7, 2024, the 121st event, AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch helped mulch, clean, and weed at Crocheron park. Members worked with Dana Gump, Gene McQuillan,  and Paul Brunn in three groups from 8:30 to 12:00, volunteering for a total of 3.5 hours. At the beginning of the event, Dana told us the importance of […]

This is the 120th event hosted by AYLUS Oakland Gardens. On Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024,from 9:00 to 11:00.  AYLUS Oakland Gardens donated books to their local library. These books came from donations from our members. As our branch had collected a lot of books for our two international projects, there were still many books in […]

On August 31st, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch members worked with Green Earth Urban Gardens and Maureen Regan at Bowne Playground. This is our 118th event, from 8:30 am to 12:30, and the day was cloudy with a breeze. We started the event by setting up tables and placing peaches and apples on the table. […]

This is the 110th event hosted by AYLUS Oakland Gardens. On Saturday, August 17th, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Gardens Members went to their community garden to help grow and nurture the plants there. Our members had a lot of fun and were happy that the plants were growing well. At the start of the event, AYLUS […]

Today, August 14, 2024, is AYLUS Oakland Gadren’s 109th event. The event took place at P.S. 309Q on August 14th. Everybody who took part in the event helped with ripping away the weeds and watering the plants with hoses and buckets. The unbearable heat has dried up lots of plants, causing them to die from […]

On August 12th, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 108th event at the Lewis Latimer House Museum. Similar to the previous day, we worked with Maureen Regan, Ada, and other park rangers to beautify the museum’s surroundings. Our tasks included pulling weeds, mulching, and cutting overgrown branches. Before our event began, our members were divided […]

On August 11th, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 106th event at the Soldier Monument in Kissena Park. We worked with Park Rangers, including Ada and Roxana, to beautify the park through mulching, cutting weeds, pulling vines, and removing branches. Despite the hot weather, many members attended the event to better our community. Before our […]

This was AYLUS Oakland Gardens 105th event. Today, August 10, 2024, we were watering the plants in P.S 319Q Community Garden. Due to the heat the plants were dehydrated and  needed water. We watered the plants, rehydrated them, and pulled their weeds making sure that the weeds wouldn’t fight for the water and take it. […]

On August 7th, 2024, members of AYLUS (Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States) Oakland Gardens Branch had a weeding event at PS 390. This is the 104th  event so far held by AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch. Many of the plants that we took care of before had started to grow more. However, some […]

AYLUS Oakland Gardens held its 102th event on August 4th, 2024. The event took place at our local community garden, P.S. 390Q. We ripped up the weeds and watered the plants using buckets and hoses. When we started with the event, we noticed the change in the plants as more and more of them were […]

For their 100th event, August 02, 2024, AYLUS Oakland Gardens’ board members each created a poster board that introduces and explains what AYLUS is. The board members included information on how to join AYLUS, our Mission Statement, and some examples of our past events. To recap, some of our most notable events included fundraising for […]