On February 18th and 25th, 2023, AYLUS volunteers Nova Mu, ShaoTan Liu, Erica Gao, and Anne Wong went to E.D White elementary school to tutor kids. After entering the cafeteria, each volunteer was assigned a specific child to help with either mathematics or English. The children were given educational activities to work through in the […]

On February 11, AYLUS members gathered together in the Pearland West Library to discuss the Lunar New Year festival volunteering experience held on Jan. 21. Those who volunteered at the festival either helped build the center-stage set, directed traffic or ran different errands to help the vendors. Although the festival was successful in hosting many […]

AYLUS Pearland and Pearland Chinese Association launched the donation drive for the Turkish earthquake victims on February 10th, 2023.  Volunteers began collecting new clothes, diapers, tents, sleeping bags, blankets, dry food at several drop off locations run by AYLUS members. The organizer also received a lot of new blankets, winter boots and sweaters from a […]

Ed White Elementary School invited AYLUS Pearland to participate in their Lunar New Year event on February 3, 2023. Since that day was a Friday, only parent advisors were able to join the celebration, and AYLUS Pearland volunteers prepared Lunar New Year gifts such as stickers and traditional Lunar New Year window decorations for each […]

On February 11, 2023, Pearland AYLUS volunteers went to Ed White Elementary School in Houston to tutor students. Some volunteers were given a grade level where they helped them with math work, such as graphs and division. The other volunteers played math games like dominos and flashcards in the cafeteria. Each kid was given a […]

On Saturday, January 28, 2023, 11 members of AYLUS Pearland branch volunteered at Ed White Elementary School. The volunteers were assigned to different students from 3rd -5th grade and tutored them in math, helping the students with adding and subtracting as well as teaching them how to convert fractions. With the help from the volunteers, the […]

On Saturday, January 21, 2023, AYLUS, partnered with the Pearland Chinese Association, was able to hold their annual Lunar New Year celebration for the first year coming back from the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with Shawn Xiao, the gala was hosted by four AYLUS members: Kara Li, Tina Dong, Edwin Gao, and Derek Zhu. Starting January […]

As AYLUS grows in members, events, and connections, there grows a new requirement for efficient means of surveys for large groups of people. One such example is the inclusion of a system of annual, electronically submitted waiver forms, which negates the need for the previously inefficient and inconvenient system of organizing waivers at each individual […]

In January, AYLUS Pearland members are actively preparing for the first Pearland Lunar New Year hosted by the Pearland Chinese Association and AYLUS Pearland. Hundreds of visitors are expected to attend this event. AYLUS Pearland members were the main volunteer force for the event and their tasks included distributing boba tea and various snacks, making […]

From September 2022 to January 2023, four AYLUS Pearland members Aila Jiang, Wendy Yin, William Sun, and Alexander Sun, have attended weekly virtual zoom training sessions to learn how to advocate mental well-being and healthy lifestyle among Asian American community. This is an internship program funded by Hogg Foundation and is actively promoted by AYLUS […]

On January 21st, 2023, from 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm, AYLUS Pearland teamed up with Pearland Chinese Association to host the 3rd Pearland Lunar New Year Gala at Pearland Junior High West. Our volunteers worked hard to co-host and manage the night gala. Some of the jobs they covered included serving as door guards, dressing up […]

Pearland AYLUS members helped set the stage for the Pearland Lunar New Year Gala hosted on the Saturday, January 21st. The main prop they made was a cherry blossom tree, with the flowers made from party paper rolls. Pearland AYLUS members worked hard to make and assemble the tree. The cherry blossom tree was an […]

On January 21st, 2023, AYLUS Pearland worked with Pearland Chinese Association to host and set up a Lunar New Year celebration. At 11 am, the volunteers began decorating the auditorium, helping with setting up stage props and inflating balloons. At 1 pm, they began to set up the cafeteria festival, setting game area and tables […]

On Saturday January 14th, AYLUS volunteers and SMILE students practiced their performance for the upcoming Lunar New Year Gala at the West Pearland Library from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Though this was the first time the volunteers and the SMILE students practiced together, they played to near perfection by the end of the rehearsal. […]

On January 2nd, AYLUS Pearland members Aila Jiang, Alex Sun, William Sun, and Wendy Yin shared their internship projects with the branch. The four officers and leads are interns at the Light and Salt Association, whom AYLUS has been working closely with for almost 3 years. The interns are learning about community advocacy and will […]

AYLUS Pearland co-sponsored the first Dawson Dash Family Event on Jan 7th, 2023 by encouraging active involvement in AYLUS families through either racing or volunteering. It was also a follow-up event for the Bridging the Intergenerational Gap project that was launched by AYLUS Pearland in September 2022. A total of 30 people from more than […]

On the 21 st  of December 2022 AYLUS Pearland volunteered at the SMILE program at Light and Salt Association’s Special Needs Care Center. The SMILE program was designed to make people with special needs learn various life skills in a safe environment. It often includes activities such as the arts or music. On the 21st […]

On December 27, 2022, AYLUS Pearland hosted a face painting and balloon twisting workshop at the Westside Library from 3:00 pm to 7:30 pm. The event was open to the community and aimed to promote the upcoming Pearland Lunar New Year Festival. At the workshop, volunteers shared multiple paint pallets to create Chinese New Year […]

On December 21st, Dr. Chang, the principal of Ed White Elementary School, invited AYLUS volunteers to watch their Winter Showcase to celebrate the holiday season along with the students and faculty. It was a joyful performance with the volunteers watching students from all grade levels singing and dancing in multiple holiday numbers. The volunteers even […]

December 3rd, 2022, AYLUS Pearland held a TA meeting for junior members who participate in the online teaching. The experienced TAs shared their stories on the hardships and tips to become more capable of adapting to challenging moments while teaching. They discussed different methods of helping with young students being unable to focus, uninterested in […]

Throughout the month of December, seven AYLUS members led the continuation of our 2023 calendar preparations. Volunteers attended meetings and worked with design programs to create the model of the calendar. Each member spent time and effort collecting photos and adhering to the requirements of the board in order to develop the design. Afterward, the […]

AYLUS Pearland members gathered together on 12/16 to prepare holiday gifts for seniors and kids. The gifts were for both the Landing at Watercrest, an Assisted Living center, Ronald McDonald House, a residential place for children with cancer, SMILE Project, a special needs day program, and lastly for Kidz Harbor, a facility to help abandoned […]

AYLUS volunteers performed at the Landings at Watercrest senior care center on December 20 th 2022. Volunteers spent time organizing acts and eventually met to combine all nine acts into a full performance for the residents of the senior home. We aimed to spread holiday joy to everyone watching, collecting a variety of acts from […]

On December 10, 2022, AYLUS volunteered with the Art for Change project at the Houston Art Festival. Volunteers sold Christmas cards made by the special needs students at SMILE program to raise money for the Art for Change fundraiser. The $196 raised from this event will help to equip special needs classrooms with laptops and […]

On December 17th, 2022 AYLUS Pearland members volunteered at the Old Pearland Farmers Market and ran a fundraiser stand for SNCC, a special needs caring center created by the Light and Salt Association. The Old Pearland Farmers Market is an event hosted by the Pearland Park and Recreation Department on the 3rd weekend of every […]

On December 17, 2022, Pearland AYLUS volunteers went to Ed White Elementary School to tutor kids. Each volunteer was paired up with one kid — since there were a lot of volunteers from other branches this time as well — at individual cafeteria tables and tutored the kids with important math concepts like multiplication, and […]

On Dec. 11th 2022, at AYLUS Pearland’s first collaboration donation drive with Dawson CmPS team Project Food for Thought, we collected produce scraps and received many contributions. We helped design social media posts and organize/sort the produce donated. The volunteers dropped off bags of compost for us to collect as well as organized scraps and […]

On December 3, 2022, AYLUS Pearland Volunteers went to ED White Elementary school to tutor the students from 3rd -5th grade. ED White Elementary is located in a multicultural neighborhood. They have a long-term program that helps students from disadvantaged families with Math or Reading. AYLUS volunteers were assigned to different students and helped them with […]

In order to encourage AYLUS members across all the AYLUS branches to share their volunteer experiences, the AYLUS national board hosted a national essay contest, which is due on November 30th, 2022. The Great Princeton Branch of AYLUS sponsored the contest by providing $1,000 award to the winners. All the essays submitted will be reviewed […]

On Sunday, November 27th, 2022, members of the Pearland Branch volunteers gathered at the Silverlake park to pack homeless care kits and candy for Mexican children. Meanwhile they also ran a fundraiser for SMILE from 3pm to 5pm. AYLUS volunteers worked with kids from the community to pack the donated toiletries, socks, band aids, wipes, […]

During the early, humid morning of Thanksgiving (11/24/2022), AYLUS Pearland volunteers gathered near Independence Park and Pearland Parkway to help organize and distribute items for Pearland Turkey Trot. AYLUS volunteers helped out at the event from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM. At the start, volunteers helped set up tables, filled paper cups with water, and […]

Throughout the month of November, AYLUS members spent time attending several planning meetings, sorting through countless photos, and designing the 2023 AYLUS calendar. Each member worked diligently to find photos that showcased the amazing AYLUS environment, and best represented all of our members. In our meetings, we talked about design details and how to ensure […]

On Thanksgiving Day (11/24/2022), volunteers Tina Dong and Aila Jiang distributed AYLUS Pearland’s food and sanitation product donations to the St. Vincent dePaul Food Pantry. Despite the pouring rain, the volunteers swiftly gathered the items and dropped them into the collection box. The donations were all from AYLUS Pearland Board members and included 9 pounds […]

AYLUS Pearland junior members continued their online English tutoring program throughout the fall 2022 with new students and tutors. Our English tutors are dedicated to teach English to students who are not native English speakers or students who are new to the country. They use online sources to facilitate in the English class. The students […]

On the 25th of November 2022, AYLUS volunteers learned how to play bucket drums to prepare for the performance with special needs at the upcoming Lunar New Year Gala. They will be playing onstage the song Wavin’ Flag jointly with SMILE participants from the Special Needs Care Center. The Nov. 25th session was an introductory lesson […]

On November 19, 2022 AYLUS Pearland members volunteered at the Old Pearland Farmers Market and ran a fundraiser stand for the laptop drive for SMILE, a special needs program. The Old Pearland Farmers Market is an event hosted by Pearland Park and Recreation Department on the 3rd weekend of every month for local small businesses […]

From November 1 to November 19, 2022, AYLUS Pearland hosted a donation drive to support families in Mexico. Volunteers collected many items in good condition and dropped them off at designated locations. In addition to the items we usually collect, including clothing and shoes for adults and kids, school supplies, bed and bedding supplies, small […]

AYLUS Pearland has partnered with Project Rise and Shine since 2020 and has received the annual grant from Hogg Foundation for promoting minority youth mental health wellbeing. As a requirement of the grant, AYLUS Pearland needs to submit expense report, maintain a project list with statistics, and report to the Project Rise and Shine on […]

AYLUS Pearland hosted the online plant sale throughout the year. In June through July, volunteers sold jasmine, milk weed, snake plant, succulent, passion fruit plants and lotus flowers on WeChat groups to the local Chinese community. In summer, they have successfully geminated Mexican mango, Filipino mango and avocado plants and sold them on Facebook Market […]

Halloween candy drive became an annual event for AYLUS Pearland. For AYLUS Pearland volunteers, those candies are perfect Christmas gifts to give out to families and children living in the poor neighborhoods in Mexico. For families with extra candy at home after Halloween, this is their opportunity to support a good cause and teach their […]

On Tuesday, June 21st , members of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States of Pearland volunteered at the SMILE program at the Light and Salt Association. In the morning, Aila Jiang taught the students to paint flowerpots resembling the United States flag to honor Independence Day. The students had made beautiful creations […]

On November 5, 2022, Pearland AYLUS volunteers went to Ed White Elementary School to tutor kids. Each volunteer was paired up with one or two kids at individual cafeteria tables and tutored the kids with important math concepts like multiplication, division, etc. They practiced with worksheets and exercises. Reading passages were also tutored with educational […]

On Monday, October 31st, 2022, AYLUS Pearland volunteered at the annual trick or treat trail hosted by Pearland Parks and Recreation. Volunteers arrived at Pearland independent park at 4:30 pm and helped guiding Trick or Treaters through inflatables and attractions, monitoring the safety of the participating kids, and setting up and tearing down the decorations. […]

On Saturday, October 29, 2022, AYLUS Pearland volunteers helped at the trick trunk event hosted by a local non-profit animal rescue organization, Pearland Canine Resource Center. Old Pearland Farmer’s Market invited AYLUS Pearland volunteers to help them to promote their upcoming holiday Farmers’ Market at the event. AYLUS volunteers first helped the organizer to create […]

2022 AYLUS Survey and National Essay Contest  From September 27th, 2022, to October 31st, 2022, AYLUS Pearland surveyed AYLUS members to gauge feedback and overall volunteering experience. Volunteers completed the survey honestly and wrote a short essay describing how volunteering has impacted their mental health. In addition, volunteers wrote essays about their volunteering experiences.   […]

On Sunday, October 30th, 2022, AYLUS Pearland joined Pearland Chinese Association volunteered at the Houston Half Marathon and 10k. The volunteers started setting up the table and got the water ready from 5:00am. The event started from 6:40am to 11:00am. The AYLUS volunteers cheered on the runners and provided water and Gatorade for those runners […]

On October 25th, AYLUS Pearland hosted a spirit night with the local restaurant, the Halal Guys. The restaurant would give back 15% of their earnings for customers who dine in or place phone order on that night and also mention AYLUS during order. A lot of family and friends participated in this event. To help […]

From September 26th to October 16th, 2022, AYLUS Pearland hosted a banner design contest among organizations. Each participant needed to submit two designs: one for a vertical rectangular banner and another for a product of the designer’s choice, such as a magnet, bookmark, sticker, etc. The banner was required to include the AYLUS Pearland name, AYLUS […]

On Sunday October 16th, 2022, AYLUS Headquarters hosted a new member orientation on Zoom. Cassie Wang first introduced AYLUS and its mission, vision, and objectives. Then, the host and co-host, Kevin Chen and Alan Huang, went over AYLUS’s history, how it came to be, the process that each branch takes to stay functioning, and what […]

On October 8th, leaders of AYLUS Pearland joined a youth leadership forum organized by the Light and Salt Association, continue to brainstorm potential future service projects with other youth leadership organizations in greater Houston area. They started with an icebreaker activity to brighten the mood and set a more relaxed environment. Then, they discussed possible […]

On October 15 2022, AYLUS volunteers went to Ed White Elementary School to tutor kids. The volunteers helped and tutored the kids with subjects like math and reading. The tutors taught important math concepts like rounding, multiplication, and other core skills. They also helped the kids with reading through guided passages and activities on vocabulary […]

On Monday, October 10 th , 2022, AYLUS volunteers host a team building and parents/teens bonding event at Tom Bass Regional Park. It was a beautiful day, with clear blue sky, gentle breeze, fresh air, and comfortable temperature. AYLUS officers, project leads, and volunteers arrived early at 9:00am to set up the pumpkin maze, tables, […]

On Saturday, October 1st, 2022, six AYLUS Pearland members volunteered for the Community Health Fair of the Light and Salt Association. During this 4.5-hour time period, participants helped not only with screenings for hepatitis C and B, but also making sure the community was well informed about risks, causes, and effects of HCV. Early in […]

AYLUS Pearland volunteers continued the 2022-2023 school year tutoring session at Ed White Elementary School on October 1st, 2022, to teach students subjects including reading and math. Different volunteers worked on different activities like playing games involved with math or reading. Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth graders were all taught by suitable volunteers. Some students […]

During September 2022, AYLUS Pearland volunteers worked hard to sell items such as plants, socks, climbing backpack, homecoming mum, etc. for and AYLUS fundraiser. Some volunteers made videos and posters advertising the products while the other volunteers making mum and helped with the delivery. A total of 291 dollars was raised to help AYLUS fund […]

On September 23 rd from the donation of Pearland resident, Mrs. Nuo Yi, AYLUS Pearland was able to raise $137 to support student clubs/ sports teams at Dawson High School. Mrs. Yi donated 20 home grown winter melons that totaled about 250 pounds to AYLUS Pearland for this fundraising event. AYLUS posted the event online […]

More than a year ago, Hogg Foundation awarded LSA funding to develop a program to promote the bonding between parents and teen youth, and to improve the mental wellbeing in minority youth. After a year and half worth of preparation, LSA invited AYLUS Pearland along with other youth organizations to test their pilot program. On […]

AYLUS Pearland was invited by the Forever Parks Foundation of Pearland to attend the groundbreaking of Pearland’s Ed Thompson Inclusive Playground, first inclusive playground in Pearland, on September 26 th,  2022. AYLUS Pearland has been supporting this project ever since the project’s kick-off on 5/1/2021, through fundraising and volunteering at various events. AYLUS Pearland donated […]

AYLUS Pearland volunteers started the 2022-2023 school year tutoring session at Ed White Elementary School on September 17th, 2022, in order to teach students subjects including reading and math. The tutoring event was kickstarted by a generous donation from AYLUS Pearland to Ed White Elementary of $1500, which would be used to pay for incentives […]

Project Rise and Shine (PRS) informed AYLUS Pearland that its fund application for fiscal year June 2022-May 2023 has been approved so AYLUS will continue to be the partner of this project for the 3rd consecutive years. The funding enabled AYLUS Pearland to take on more community service projects and explore new initiatives. In the […]

On Saturday, August 20, from 1:20 to 4:20 pm, AYLUS volunteers Emma Xi, Allison Xia, and Daniel Xi volunteered at Light and Salt Association for physical examination including hepatitis A, B, C, HPV testing on seniors. Emma Xi interacted with seniors, informing them about health risks and the reasons that they needed to the exam, […]

On Saturday, August 27th , 2022, AYLUS Pearland hosted a garage sale at Silverlake, Pearland from 7-11:30am. Starting at 6:30 am, parents and members set up advertisement signs in the community and arranged sale items. People started lining up at the driveway at 7:00 AM, while AYLUS volunteers helped them select items and calculate costs. […]

On September 3rd, 2022 morning, on a short notice, a handful of members from AYLUS Pearland participated in a photo session for the Chinese edition of the Project Rise and Shine’s Annual Report to community. AYLUS Pearland has been one of the partners of Rise and Shine and receiving funding from the project since 2020. […]

AYLUS Pearland junior members continued their online English tutoring program throughout the summer of 2022 with new students and tutors. Over the summer several new members decided to join this program to help teach English to students who are not native to USA. Most tutors would use online sources to help aid them to teach […]

On Tuesday, June 14th, members of the AYLUS Pearland volunteered at the SMILE program at the Light and Salt association. Origami lessons were taught by teachers and students would receive help from the volunteers. Some of the projects that were taught include a box, a lotus flower, and a crane. On Wednesday, June 15th, members […]

AYLUS Pearland joins the New Hope Christian Church and Light and Salt Association for Leadership Meeting August 26    On August 26, AYLUS Pearland members joined two other organizations to brainstorm potential service projects and events for mental health awareness. They started the meeting with icebreakers for a more comfortable environment. Then, they got into pairs […]

On August 26, 2022, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, AYLUS Pearland prepared for a weekend on-site garage sale to support school clubs. Over the previous weeks leading up to this day, volunteers began donating clothes, toys, appliances, necessities, and more. They posted the selected items on Facebook and other social media platforms. On the […]

From June 4, 2022, to July 5, 2022, AYLUS Pearland participated in the HundredX Causes product opinion surveys online, by giving opinions on various products or stores. The AYLUS Pearland volunteers worked hard to complete these surveys, resulting in a successful campaign. Overall, this campaign raised a total of $7,426 for Forever Parks Foundation, with […]

On July 3rd from 4:00 pm-8:00 pm, three Aylus volunteers assisted the Light and Salt Association with providing free Hepatitis C (HCV) screening to the public. In preparation for this day, the volunteers attended eight, 6-hour on-site trainings held by the Light and Salts’ Healthy Living Program as well as earned their certifications to give […]

On Tuesday, August 9th, members of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States of Pearland volunteered at the SMILE program at the Light and Salt association. One of the morning highlights was during the first class when Auggie was teaching the students a new exercise technique and gave a wonderful speech of appreciation […]

On Tuesday, July 26th, members of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States of Pearland volunteered at the SMILE program at the Light and Salt association. In the morning session, the students learned the basics of music theory like how to read notes on a music staff. Many of the students found it […]

On Tuesday, August 2nd, members of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States of Pearland volunteered at the SMILE program at the Light and Salt Association. In the morning life skills were taught to the class by Vicky and Sharon. In the afternoon, after lunch, art class was taught by Frances using pastels. […]

On August 6, 2022, AYLUS Pearland hosted its first high school forum where upperclassman speakers from Dawson high school gave their advice and overview of the high school experience. Speakers were Sophia Fu, Kate Liu, Bharat Salvady, Howard Shi, and Fred Guo. Similar to the annual college forum, the event consisted of the board of […]

On Tuesday, July 12th, members of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States of Pearland volunteered at the SMILE program at the Light and Salt Association. William and Alexander Sun started the class with table tennis, which encouraged teamwork and collaboration, as well as physical skills such as hand-eye coordination. During this session, […]

   On Tuesday, July 19th, members of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States of Pearland volunteered at the SMILE program at the Light and Salt Association. During this session, Alexander Sun taught Life Skills in the morning where they did a fun arm-untangling activity along with a game called “Minefield,” where they […]

On July 24th, 22 volunteers went out to the Pearland Chinese Church to provide free screenings to Pearland residents. From 12:00 am to 4:00 pm, the volunteers split up into five different stations to do different tests including HCV, FIT, and Mammography. The other two stations helped the people read their HCV results and gave them […]

On June 28th and June 29th 2022, AYLUS Pearland members donated packs of water to local Pearland libraries to help the citizens who visited library keep hydrated in this hot summer. On the first day, Tina Dong, Kang Zhang, Derek Zhu, Alexander Sun, and William Sun bought ten packs of water and delivered five to […]

On June 11, 2022, AYLUS Pearland hosted their sixth annual college forum at the West Pearland Library. At the beginning of the event, past year’s President Volunteer Service Award winners received their medals and certificates. Many students and families joined the forum either in person or through live zoom meeting to listen to the presenters, […]

During a scorching summer day, AYLUS members gathered at Plaza American’s East Parking Lot on July 3rd. With the support of Mr. Brian Liu, they sold cups of milk tea to fundraise for Houston Care. AYLUS volunteers sold milk tea to the crowd throughout the afternoon and evening. Each shift sold milk tea for four […]

On July 4th, 2022, AYLUS Pearland volunteers helped with the Celebration of Freedom event for city of Pearland. There were a total 61 volunteers who participated in the event, which lasted from 4:30 to 10 in the evening. Several volunteers came ahead of the scheduled time for event planning and organizing. The event took place […]