Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, January 28, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered at local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers arrived at the tail end of the residents’ workout, helping them put away their exercise materials. Pouring guava juice and water, the residents hydrated and were also given some light snacks. […]
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Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 34th) ( 11/12/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, November 12, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The residents began with some light stretching and exercises, before they were moved outside as the weather was extraordinarily warm. The drinks and snacks were taken outside to be prepared there. […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (22nd & 23rd) (10/1 + 10/8/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu On October 1st, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped The Little Garden of Hope. Members first harvested all the peppers and the garlic stems. Then, members mainly focused on clearing 2 beds and preparing them for the new plants. Members got rakes and shovels and began to shovel up the previous plants […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (18th) (9/16/2023)
Reported by Julie Lu : On September 16th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members lent a hand to STAT Horse Sanctuary. A few days earlier, the members bought 6 bags of horse feed at a local animal feed store. On Saturday, the members arrived at STAT with 300 pounds worth of horse feed and slowly brought them […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 24th) ( 9/03/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 3rd: the volunteers helped hand out noodles for the residents to exercise with, walking them through a light exercise of their shoulders and arms. They stretched out their legs and feet as well, massaging around their bodies. Some of the residents appeared to be especially agitated, and the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (22nd) (8/6 + 8/13/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu On August 6th & 13th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out at their local senior center – Atria Living Center: 1) Aug. 06, 2023 When members arrived, they headed straight to the library to set up the piano. There were very people there when members first started playing but after a […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (17th) (8/21/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu On August 21st, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members cleaned up their adopted park. Members started at the playground before walking around the lawn. Members found a lot of candy wrappers stuck in bushes, cups, pencils, little gadgets, and more. They were careful while looking for trash, looking into the bushes and below […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (28th) (8/17/23)
On August 17th 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members went to a local food bank to help. After members checked in, members began to help make week-food boxes. After making few carts of the food boxes, members were taught how to check-in the food pickers info into the computer system, and help to load the food boxes […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts Recycling Event to Help Rescued Animals (11th) (8/3/23)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On August 3rd, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members went to a local recycling center with the recyclables they collected. After unloading the bags of bottles and cans, the members separated the plastic, aluminum, and glass into each of their corresponding bins, taking care to unscrew each plastic bottle before tossing […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (19th & 20th) (7/27/23 & 8/3/23)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On July 27th & August 3rd, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out with the Little Garden of Hope Project. On the 27th, Members brought along with them a organic pesticide killing spray that wouldn’t hurt the plants, but would get rid of the bugs that ate the plants. They sprayed […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank ( 25th) ( 8/03/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu On August 3rd, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered at their local food bank. Members started by checking in, and then started to pack food boxes. These big food boxes would last the family a whole week. In the box, members put two meats, one chicken one beef, a box of fruits, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank ( 23th) ( 7/27/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Thursday, July 27th, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the Community Mission of Hope food bank.As the day began to heat up, the volunteers began prepping the boxes of food filled with meat, deli, fresh produce, and breads/treats to be distributed. A few carts of boxes were formed […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #12– Senior home maintenance and yard work (7/29/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On July 29th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered at Habitat for Humanity. When members arrived, they were a little early so members went ahead and just got started. They pulled weeds with the weedwackers and used their hands when it was necessary. When there was a decent amount of weeds […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (15th) (7/16/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu On July 26th, Murrieta AYLUS members went to their local park to clean up. Members began by going to the playground and picking up trash there. They found candy wrappers, fidgets, scraps of paper, and pencils/crayons. Then, members looked in the bushes surrounding the playground and below the benches and found […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (20th) (7/5/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu On July 5th, Murrieta AYLUS members went to their local food bank to help. Members brought some fresh picked fruits from home and some snacks donated to the food bank. Members made their way to the far side of the room to help sort foods. They would take packaged food out […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (14th) (6/25/23)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday June 25, Murrieta AYLUS members assisted at the Torrey Pines Living senior center. They began with exercise with weights, before collecting them. They then took time to stretch out less used joints and muscles. Afterwards, they took time to pour and deliver passion fruit juice and water to […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (18th) (6/29/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On June 29th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members went to their local food bank to help out. When members arrived, the manager just started the morning announcements. CMOH had given out food to about 102 people in less than 2 hours on one of their distributing food days! After the announcements, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #11 – Landscaping (6/20/23)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On June 20th, Murrieta AYLUS members helped at a landscaping project for Habitat for Humanity. When members got to the site, it was a little early so they they checked in and waited until it was time to start. A few minutes later, members were given a little introduction and […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (13th) (6/18/23)
Reported by Adora Xiao & Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu : On Sunday June 18, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to their local senior centers: Torrey Pines Living senior center & Atria Park of Vintage Hills. At Torrey Pines Living senior center: Members started the day with some light exercise, stretching out their bodies and […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (16th) (6/12/23)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On June 12th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out with the Little Garden of Hope Project. Since pruning plants when they’re wet increases the spread of diseases, some of the members started off with pruning the tomato plants and others began weeding. After each member’s finished with their task, they […]