On Friday, July 31, 2026, Pearland AYLUS volunteers assisted staff at the 2026 LSA Summer Camp held at the Special Needs Caring Center, helping provide engaging and meaningful activities for campers with special needs. Volunteers supported participants during the baking class, where campers had the opportunity to practice important independent living skills in a safe and encouraging environment. […]

On August 1, volunteers gathered at Ed Thompson Inclusive Park to support the monthly My PlayClub program, creating a fun and welcoming environment for children with special needs and their families. This month’s event was especially exciting as we welcomed a volunteer from our partner—McGovern Medical School—who joined us for the activities. Together, we interacted with the children through games, […]

On July 30, 2026, two volunteers dedicated their time at the West Pearland Library to help organize and sort books for the library’s upcoming book sale. The volunteers carefully arranged donated books by category and ensured they were neatly displayed, helping library staff prepare for the event efficiently. Their hard work, attention to detail, and positive attitude greatly […]

Today was the last lesson of a three week long series. The lesson started off with two of the students working on improving their freestyle breathing technique and then their backstroke kick. Another student learned how to incorporate arms into freestyle kick and practiced freestyle breathing drills. Afterwards all three students played games and raced […]

On July 25, four volunteers from the Aylus Art Group hosted community art class #41 at the library, featuring a fun 3D Paper Octopus Craft project! The volunteers guided the children through cutting, folding, curling, and taping colorful construction paper. The kids then added their own personalized decorations, turning simple paper into unique and lively 3D octopuses. […]

On July 18, four volunteers from the Aylus Art Group hosted another successful art class at the library, featuring the fun theme of Optical Illusions. The volunteers guided the kids through drawing geometric shapes and using different colors to build a 3D effect. The classroom atmosphere was focused, encouraging, and fun! Eight kids participated in the class. They […]

On Friday July 24, 2026, Pearland AYLUS volunteers assisted the staff at the 2026 LSA Summer SMILE Camp held at the Special Needs Caring Center, helping provide engaging and meaningful activities for campers with special needs. Volunteers provided individualized support, giving participants opportunities to practice motor skills and living skills in a safe, supportive, and […]

On Sunday, July 19, 2026, our volunteers proudly supported the Pearland Chinese Association to move and organize its storage space. The volunteers arrived early on a Sunday morning. Through teamwork, dedication, and a spirit of service, they ensured the move is well organized and was completed before the scheduled completion time.  It demonstrated the positive impact […]

On July 25, 2026, our volunteers led another fun-filled My PlayClub event at Ed Thompson Inclusive Park, creating a joyful and welcoming environment for children and friends with special needs and their families. Throughout the event, volunteers organized a variety of engaging activities, including face painting, balloon twisting, interactive games, and prize giveaways. Laughter and […]

On Saturday July 25, 2026, Joshua Meng and Sean Liu hosted the Pearland Branch volunteer chess lesson. The students competed against each other, seeing who could solve each position quickly and accurately. Through this, they learned to recognize different types of common motifs, such as the fork, pin, and skewer. Additionally, they learned the thought process when looking […]

On July 19, 2026, volunteers led a community tennis lesson for participants. The session began with dynamic warm-up exercises and stretching, followed by instruction on tennis fundamentals, including forehand and backhand strokes, footwork, serves, and volleys. Students practiced these skills through drills, partner activities, and games that reinforced proper technique while building confidence on the […]

On Friday, July 24, three competitive swimmers and volunteers from AYLUS Pearland  – Yurong, Yushan, and Jordana – taught swimming lessons to children in the community.  This is the seventh lesson in an eight-week series. Jordana taught XiaoHu, who has just started learning how to swim, how to hold his breath underwater and stay afloat […]

On July 22nd, 2026 AYLUS Pearland Branch Officer Joshua Meng was invited as a guest speaker at the Pearland GT Academy Summer Boot Camp. During his presentation, Joshua reflected on his personal journey in chess, music, and volunteering, highlighting how dedication, perseverance, and a willingness to serve others have shaped his growth as both a student and a leader. A […]

On the morning of July 21, volunteers led LSA SMILE CAMP at West Pearland Library. During the event, the volunteers worked together with more than a dozen friends with special needs to create a variety of colorful balloon animals, flowers, swords, and other fun balloon creations. The room was filled with laughter and excitement as everyone […]

The Light and Salt Association invited Pearland youth to assist in the assessment and evaluation of its teen mental health program. The evaluation process involved youth volunteers participating in three 1.5-hour sessions, where they completed surveys and provided detailed feedback on the instructors and course materials. The volunteers thoroughly reviewed the teaching methods and content, […]

Our volunteers have resumed providing online English tutoring to two ESL students who are looking to improve their conversational English and reading skills. Our experienced teacher, Yanqiao, first assessed each student’s proficiency level and then developed a customized curriculum tailored to their individual needs. The classes are conducted online, with the focus alternating between conversation […]

After two successful classes in June, our community soccer program continued to grow and thrive throughout July. Participation steadily increased, with more children joining each week, including some as young as two years old. Lead volunteer Dwayne Li-Williams designed a variety of age-appropriate games and activities that kept the sessions fun and engaging while helping participants develop […]

On the day, July 18 of 2026 the final class focused on applying the programming concepts learned throughout the course by creating a random number guessing game in Python. This project allowed students to combine multiple programming skills into a single interactive application. Students began by generating a random number and prompting the user to […]

AYLUS Art Group Brings Sylveon and Piplup to Life at Hua Xia Summer Camp On the afternoon of July 14, four dedicated volunteers from the AYLUS Art Group hosted another successful round of drawing classes at the Hua Xia Pearland Summer Camp. This week, the young instructors introduced another pair of Pokemon: the elegant Fairy-type […]

On July 11, four dedicated team members held our 5th summer art lesson this season, continuing our mission to nurture young artistic talent within the Pearland community. This week’s theme was “Summer Citrus,” featuring bright yellow and orange lemon slices that brought a vibrant, sunny energy to the room. Designed to be accessible and fun for […]

On the afternoon of June 30, two lead members of the AYLUS Art Group successfully hosted two consecutive drawing classes at the Hua Xia Chinese School Pearland Summer Camp. Bringing a wave of creativity to the camp, the volunteers introduced a crowd-favorite theme: Pokémon. Understanding the students’ varying skill levels and interests, the volunteers customized […]

On Sunday, July 19, high school volleyball player and AYLUS Pearland volunteer Yurong Qiu taught a child from the community basic volleyball skills, and this is the third class. Yurong taught Ingrid where to pass a volleyball, either higher, lower, closer to the net, or adjusting her platform. After Ingrid learned how to pass to […]

On Sunday July 18, 2026, Joshua Meng and Alicia Zhang hosted the Pearland Branch volunteer chess lesson. The students competed against each other, seeing who could solve each position quickly and accurately. Through this, they learned to recognize different types of common motifs, such as the fork, pin, and skewer. Additionally, they learned the thought process when looking […]

On Saturday, July 18, high school volleyball player and AYLUS Pearland volunteer Yurong Qiu taught a child from the community basic volleyball skills during the second-class program. Yurong taught Ingrid how to pass a volleyball and helped instruct her where to pass, either higher, lower, closer to the net, or adjusting her platform. After Ingrid […]

On Saturday, July 18, 2026, our volunteers hosted the first science introduction class of the summer science class series.  These classes are designed to provide an introduction of various science subjects that can include physics, chemistry, life science, and STEM engineering challenges. The topic of today’s class is physics – density. The series of the […]

In today’s lesson three students were taught by three volunteers, Jordana, Yushan, and Yurong. One student worked with Yurong on kicking with the kickboard and arm technique. The other two students worked with Jordana and Yushan where they reviewed their freestyle stroke that they learned last lesson. Then they practiced their backstroke technique. The lesson […]

On Thursday, July 16, three competitive swimmers and volunteers from AYLUS Pearland  – Yurong, Yushan, and Jordana – taught swimming lessons to children in the community.  This is the fourth lesson in an eight-week series. Yurong taught XiaoHu, who has just started learning how to swim, how to kick while floating on his back with […]

On July 13, 2026, the AYLUS robotics group taught kids how to draw pictures with LEGO SPIKE Prime kit robots. They began by designing and building a robot that could drive. Then, the kids attached a marker to each robot and programmed it to draw a multitude of shapes. These shapes included circles, squares, ninja […]

July 13 th , 2026 AYLUS volunteers supervised and taught students how to build and code a dancing robot. The robot was attached directly to the robotic brain block, and can dance and play a fun little tune, which delighted the students. Similarly, while some teams struggled, others thrived. Volunteers (1.5 Hours): Grace Ji, Ethan […]

On July 7th 2026 ALYUS robotics members Junxi, Ethan and Chenyu conducted their 2nd to last class. In this class we had a maze that their robot needed to automatically solve. The maze is a red line surrounded by a green and blue line. When the robot is on the red line it moves forward […]

On July 6th 2026, the three volunteers — Junxi Ding, Ethan Gao, and Chenyu Jin — set out by providing a challenge for the class to undertake — a maze challenge, where the students, split into three teams, had to construct a robot that could traverse smoothly the entire maze’s length, navigating through the help […]

On July 6 th , 2026, Pearland Volunteers taught and supervised students on designing, coding, and debugging robots designed to follow a colored line through a maze to solve said maze. The maze consisted of three distinct colored lines of red, blue, and green, alongside 3 black boxes at intersections, with the students’ robots needing […]

On the day, July 11 of 2026 the third Python programming class was conducted online and continued to build upon the programming concepts introduced in previous lessons by expanding students’ understanding of more advanced programming techniques and problem-solving strategies. The lesson began with a review of previously learned concepts before introducing several new topics that allowed […]

On Tuesday, 7/14/26, Grace and Anna taught the eleventh Promis / Aylus summer kpop dance lesson. This week, the teachers taught the dance Gameboy by the group Katseye. After streatching and warming up, the Grace and Anna went straight into teaching the dance. Towards the middle of the class, everyone went for a water break […]

On Tuesday, 7/7/26, Abigail and Alice taught  the tenth Promis / Aylus summer kpop dance lesson. This class, the teacher decided to teach a fun and engaging choreo called REDRED by the group Cortis. As usual, they began with a quick stretch and warm up session and then moved on to teaching the dance to the […]

On Wednesday, July 8, high school volleyball player and AYLUS Pearland volunteer Yurong Qiu taught a child from the community basic volleyball skills during the first class program. Yurong taught Ingrid how to pass a volleyball and introduced her to the different positions in volleyball. After Ingrid learned how to pass to a target, Yurong […]

Our volunteers organized a special game day for individuals with special needs from the LSA Special Needs Caring Center at the West Pearland Library. The event featured a variety of engaging activities, including dart throwing, ring tossing, cane rolling, and other interactive games specifically designed to help participants develop both gross motor and fine motor […]

Today was the second swim lesson of a two week long series. Three volunteers: Jordana, Yushan, and Yurong, taught three students. At the beginning two students warmed up with a lap of freestyle while the other student practiced kicking. Then, Jordana and Yushan worked with two of the students on their freestyle arms and breathing technique. […]

On Thursday, July 9, three competitive swimmers and volunteers from AYLUS Pearland  – Yurong, Yushan, and Jordana – taught swimming lessons to children in the community.  This is the first lesson in an eight-week series. Yurong taught XiaoHu, who has just started learning how to swim, how to kick while floating on his back with […]

The AYLUS robotics group hosted their second class on June 15th 2026. The students learned about gear trains and how to implement and code the creations they made into functioning robots. The students used the lego Spike Prime kits to design and build their own creations. Volunteers: (2 hrs) Brendon Jiang (1.5 hrs) Shaotan Liu, Junxi Ding, Roger […]

The ALYUS robotics group hosted their second Huaxia class on June 15th 2026. The children learned about the different types of gear trains and some math behind them. They then used this knowledge to create a fan that sped up using gear trains. The children created their fan using the Spike Prime kits. Volunteers: (2 […]

Today was the last day and the kids finished up learning their strokes like freestyle and breaststroke. Then they received their certificates for this class and we gave them snacks as a reward. We had a great party. Volunteers (1.5 Hour): Edwin Gao, Eddie Fu, Allen Gu, William Zhang, Bruce Zhang Parent on Duty: Hua Tian (Edwin Gao)

Today was the second to last lesson for the PROMIS/AYLUS Pearland Swim Lessons. Today, most of the swimmers had gotten the hang of freestyle, and as such, the lessons moved on to different strokes such as breaststroke. Volunteers (1.5 Hour): Edwin Gao, Eddie Fu, Allen Gu, William Zhang Parent on Duty: Hua Tian

On the morning of July 6, volunteers returned to Independence Park to assist with the clean-up following Pearland’s Independence Day celebration. Their main task was to remove event decorations and help restore the park to its original condition. Working together under the summer sun, the volunteers carefully took down decorations, cleaned the event areas, and ensured the park […]

Today, June 27th, 2026, five Pearland volunteers taught six children about freestyle and breaststroke. The children completed a group warm up and were separated into groups. Each child got personal tips on their stroke and has improved since the beginning of the lessons. Volunteers (1.5 Hours):   – Edwin Gao, William Zhang, Bruce Zhang, Eddie Fu, Allen Gu […]

Today, was mainly a review day, with students bolstering their skills through repeated motion and practice. For example, Edwin and Eddie warmed the kids up with kicking, something that they are all familiar with. Volunteers (1.5 Hour): Edwin Gao, Eddie Fu, Allen Gu, William Zhang Parent on Duty: Hua Tian

Edwin was with Kevin and Elizabeth and worked on freestyle strokes and techniques. He demonstrated the steps for the hand movements and exchanging breaths in between. William worked with Audrey and April on breaststroke technique. He started by teaching the kicking and then moved onto the hand movement. Bruce worked with Crystal on freestyle technique […]

On Monday June 29, ALYUS Robotics team helped at Hua Xia robotics. The members of Ethan Gao, Junxi Ding,Shaotan Liu, Michael Schmidl and Brendon Jiang. This lesson was mostly about computers and code. We gone over things like Python and other OOPs (Object Oriented Programming). We also looked at different types of computers: analog and […]

Volunteers taught and supervised students on the creation of robots with their Spike Prime kits, with all the teams being able to use their past knowledge effectively in creating working robots. Likewise, whilst some students utilized the pre-existing code, other, more impassioned students actively sought out utilizing their knowledge of coding gained from previous lessons, […]

More than 60 volunteers gathered at Independence Park to support the City of Pearland’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of American Independence. Throughout the event, volunteers played an important role in ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for the community. The volunteers were primarily assigned to the inflatable bounce house area, where they helped maintain […]

On the morning of July 2, volunteers gathered at Independence Park to help prepare the venue for the City of Pearland’s July 4 celebration commemorating the 250th anniversary of American Independence. Volunteers worked together to set up event areas, arrange decoration, and complete various tasks to ensure the celebration would be ready to welcome thousands […]

As the summer tennis program continued, volunteers led the third community tennis lesson of the season on June 28, 2026. The session began with dynamic warm-up exercises and stretching, followed by instruction on fundamental tennis skills, including forehand and backhand strokes, footwork, serves, and volleys. Participants practiced these techniques through a variety of drills and […]

On June 28, 2026, there was a community fundraiser and open house at the Clubhouse from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, featuring a Tealine stall selling freshly made boba tea prepared with quality ingredients for $5 per cup. Roy Zheng oversaw the volunteers ensuring quality. Community members had the option to purchase drinks on-site or place orders […]

On Tuesday, 6/30/26, Anna and Grace taught the ninth Aylus summer kpop dance lessons. As usual, they started with some stretches to warm up and moved on to continue learning the choreography from last tuesday called “Blue Flame”. They took a short break in the middle and got back to work learning the dance. The […]

On Sunday, 6/28/2026 The second Python programming class built upon the concepts introduced in the previous lesson by expanding students’ understanding of data organization and code structure. The class began with a review of variables, user input, conditionals, and loops. Students then learned how to create and use lists to store multiple values, access and […]

On June 30, 2026, Pearland AYLUS volunteers assisted the staff at the 2026 LSA Summer SMILE Camp held at the Special Needs Caring Center, helping provide engaging and meaningful activities for campers with special needs. During the cooking session, volunteers provided individualized support, giving participants opportunities to practice important independent living skills in a safe, […]

On Tuesday, 6/23/26, Anna Zheng and Grace Dai taught the seventh Aylus summer kpop dance lessons. The class begin with instructor Anna leading the kids through some stretches. Afterwards, instructor Grace beginning teaching the class a fun new dance called “Blue Flame” by lesserafim. Throughout class, Anna and Grace taught the students and helped out […]

On Saturday, June 27, 2026, our volunteers joined members of the Light & Salt Association (LSA) to run their CARE Booth for a fundraising event at the Chinese Community Center through the sale of milk tea and fruit tea. The proceeds from the event will help support elementary school students from low-income families. Throughout the […]

Our second community soccer class was held on the evening of June 25 at Southdown Park. The program once again drew an enthusiastic group of children ages 4–8, all eager to learn and play. Volunteers continued to introduce fundamental skills, and the students are already showing clear improvement in their technique. Volunteers (1.5hrs): Dwayne Li-Williams, […]

Our volunteers hosted an open house for the new summer soccer class. Dwayne Li-Williams, the lead instructor for the program, prepared a presentation showcasing the class schedule and the skills that participants will learn throughout the course. Roy Zheng entertained the children by creating balloon animals and twisted balloon creations, helping to make the event […]

Our first community soccer class was held on the evening of June 22 at Southdown Park. The program attracted many enthusiastic children ages 4–8 who were eager to learn and play. Volunteers introduced the participants to the basic rules of soccer and taught fundamental skills such as dribbling, passing, and teamwork. The children had the […]

On June 20, 2026, a beginner Python programming class was conducted for middle school students. The goal of the lesson was to introduce students to the basic concepts of computer programming and provide them with hands-on experience writing code in Python. During the class, students learned how to create and run simple Python programs. They […]

On Sunday June 28, 2026, Joshua Meng and Alicia Zhang hosted the Pearland Branch volunteer chess lesson. The students competed against each other, seeing who could solve each position quickly and accurately. Through this, they learned to recognize different types of common motifs, such as the fork, pin, and skewer. Additionally, they learned the thought process when looking […]

On June 27, four dedicated members of AYLUS Pearland did the 4th successful summer art lesson, aiming to nurture young artistic talent within the Pearland community. This class allowed students to be creative and freely draw, create whatever they desired under the theme. The session was met with great enthusiasm. Many new faces joined in, […]

On June 21, 2026, volunteers led the second community tennis lesson of the summer. The session began with dynamic warm-up exercises and stretching, followed by instruction on tennis fundamentals, including forehand and backhand strokes, footwork, serves, and volleys. Students practiced these skills through drills and games. The lesson concluded with a fitness activity and cool-down […]

Today, June 20th, 2026, the volunteer coaches taught kids of various ages the fundamentals of swimming, including kicking, floating, and strokes. Depending on the initial skill level of the child, he/she had the option of learning a new type of stroke, breaststroke. Volunteers (1.5 Hours): Edwin Gao, Eddie Fu, Allen Gu, William Zhang Parent on […]

Today was the second lesson for the PROMIS/AYLUS Pearland Summer Swim Lessons. Today, depending on the level of the swimmers, the instructors moved onto different things. For example, Edwin began teaching his students the fundamentals of kicking while Allen taught his student, who already knew freestyle, a new stroke called breaststroke. Volunteers (1.5 Hours): Edwin […]

Today was the first class for the 2026 PROMIS/AYLUS Pearland Summer Swim lessons. As the students began filing in, the instructors can be seen preparing for the upcoming classes ahead. Before the students arrived, Edwin, one of the instructors, along with his brother, Ethan, Edwin also printed out the waiver forms. Edwin also printed out […]

THe Pearland volunteers taught the kids about CAD using slides on TinkerCAD, since Onshape was too complex. We had the kids pick whether they wanted to CAD a trebuchet or build a robot with the spike kit Legos. 2 kids chose to build a robot, and the other chose CAD. The kids had a fun time building in TinkerCAD […]

The Pearland robotics volunteers group hosted their third Huaxia class on June 22nd 2026. By building a LEGO trebuchet or catapult, the children learned about the engineering process and the function of counterweights. The students used the lego Spike Prime kits to design and build their own creations. Volunteers: (2 hrs) Brendon Jiang (1.5 hrs) Michael […]

Volunteers introduced the kids to robotics and gave them a simple lesson on programming, brains, motors, and sensors. Additionally, we had a challenge for the kids to build the tallest tower that could survive some challenges. We encouraged the engineering process and designing. Volunteers (1.5 hours): Roger Cui, Ian Chiang, Junxi Ding, Chenyu Jin Parent […]

On June 8th, 2026, a robotics class took place in the Hua Xia school. Students were introduced to basic concepts in robotics, such as what robotics was, and were also introduced to the crucial components of the Lego SPIKE kits they would use for the rest of the classes; the hub, motors, and sensors. There […]

On the 4th of June, the two chosen instructors for the first class of the 2026 AYLUS robotics summer classes met and discussed potential ideas for the first class. They settled on an introductory class to STEM, introducing the children to robotics and the Lego SPIKE kits that they would use for the rest of the […]

On June 24, 2026, Pearland AYLUS volunteers assisted staff at the 2026 LSA Summer Camp held at the Special Needs Caring Center, helping provide engaging and meaningful activities for campers with special needs. Volunteers supported participants in preparing milk and snacks, giving them opportunities to practice important independent living skills in a safe and encouraging […]

On June 20, four dedicated members of AYLUS Pearland did the 3rd successful summer art lesson, aiming to nurture young artistic talent within the Pearland community. This class allowed students to be creative and freely draw, create whatever they desired under the theme. The session was met with great enthusiasm. Many new faces joined in, […]

AYLUS volunteers hosted the June session of the SMILE Pearland program for individuals with special needs on June 21, 2026. In celebration of Father’s Day, this month’s theme, “Love Languages,” focused on expressing love, appreciation, and gratitude through creative arts and music activities. Participants created colorful cascading heart cards and decorated rainbow plates with heartfelt messages for […]

On Friday, 6/19/26, Abigail and Alice taught the sixth Promis /Aylus summer kpop dance lessons at a local park. They first began with stretchs and a quick warm up. Afterwards, the volunteers began teaching a new dance calked Easy by lesserafim. Both instructors participated and were focused on helping the kids. The fun choreography helped […]

On Tuesday, 6/16/26, AYLUS volunteers Anna and Grace led the fifth Promis / Aylus summer  K-pop class at the Pearland Library. Beginning the class with a warm-up session, students stretched and did some basic warm ups. Last class the students learned most of the chorus to the song Boompala by lesserafim. Today Anna and Grace […]

On Friday, 6/12/25, Abigail and Alice taught the fourth Promis / Aylus summer kpop dance lessons. As usual, they started with some stretches to warm up and moved on to continue learning the choreography for “Boompala” from the first day. They took a short break in the middle and got back to work learning the […]

On Saturday June 20, 2026, Joshua Meng and Brendon Jiang hosted the Pearland Branch volunteer chess lesson. The students competed against each other, seeing who could solve each position quickly and accurately. Through this, they learned to recognize different types of basic checkmates and winning patterns. Additionally, they learned the thought process when looking at […]