Starting on May 2, 2020, AYLUS started offering chess lessons via Zoom calls to kids who wanted to acquire skill in the strategic game of chess. The lessons are taught by Aaron and Baron, two advanced chess players with knowledge on strategies and ideas to win. Typically, 10-15 students, ranging from kindergarten to 7th grade, […]

Recently after the COVID-19 pandemic, many AYLUS members volunteered to teach students ranging from 2nd to 6th grade in general mathematics. These teachers undertook many different responsibilities in order to successfully mentor students, including gathering curriculum, grading homework, and more. In total, 7 volunteers teach 28 students with classes being conducted once a week. Each […]

AYLUS Pearland starting offering free summer reading lessons to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic. With over 12 volunteers and over 30 students ranging from 1st grade to 5th grade, volunteers have been working hard to help students improve their verbal skills. Volunteers use a variety of resources, from Ted talk videos to Times for […]

A total of 21 students have enrolled for GT-MATH lessons, ranging from incoming grades 4 to 6. The lessons were led by the AYLUS member Bryan Li, and co-led by ALYUS members Aaron Wu and Alan Chen. The lessons consist of one large group lecture (one hour) per week to go through basic concepts and new knowledge on topics […]

On June 3rd, AYLUS Pearland participated in the “#ThankOurHeroes” project by helping deliver drinks and snacks for hospitals in Pearland. The initiative was driven by a group of Shadow Creek high schoolers who formed a team called “StrongerTogether,” who also collaborated with the Boy Scout Troop414 of Pearland for this initiative. AYLUS Pearland donated $200 […]

The Hello Wuhan project has been going for three months starting from March, 2020. All volunteers have been doing their job extremely well. May was a busy month for the volunteers. The team decided to pause for two classes, to let volunteers prepare for AP exams. On May 2nd and 3rd, volunteers took a break from teaching class. […]

Amid the “Stay-at-home” law in the Greater Houston area in April, AYLUS Pearland volunteers continued the “Hello Wuhan” project.  To accommodate the schedules for both Pearland volunteers and Wuhan students, the tutoring schedule has been finalized to the weekends.  Sessions were held on every Friday night, Saturday mornings, and Sunday mornings.  The online platform was […]

Written by Andy Gu Since September of 2015, AYLUS Pearland has led hundreds of different service events for its community and beyond. From volunteering with organizations like Pearland Parks and Rec, to video chats across the world with our Hello Wuhan project, to fundraising and coaching summer recreational activities, we were all impressed by how […]

During this COVID-19 pandemic, frontline healthcare workers around the world have been working tirelessly to help save lives. On May 1st, 2020, AYLUS members wrote and decorated thank you cards through Methodist hospital’s national campaign, Hearts for Healthcare Workers, for the brave, selfless nurses and doctors. An AYLUS member also posted flyers and collected cards […]

The annual ALYUS Pearland summer driveway wash fundraising started on 7/26/2019.   This year Mrs. Li donated a new power washer to the AYLUS Pearland branch for the fundraising.   The first house AYLUS volunteers washed was Dr. Wen’s house at the LACP community.   Dr. Wen, who supported our last year’s fundraising event, generously supported this year […]

Starting on June 2nd, AYLUS began giving chess lessons to kids who wanted to learn more about the interesting game, led by Aaron Wu and Baron Niu, two advanced chess players. Baron has been playing in chess tournaments for 8 years and has a USCF rating of around 2100. He has won many prizes in […]

AYLUS Pearland branch hosted its 4th annual Learn2Swim event from June to August 2019. Several times throughout the week, AYLUS volunteers coached a group of children ages 6-14 at a local swimming pool. Each of our coaches imparted as much knowledge as they could into their students, as they taught their swimmers the 4 strokes […]

On July 3rd, 2019, the AYLUS Pearland Branch worked alongside the Pearland Parks and Recreation to prepare and decorate Independence Park for the July 4th festivities on the following day. The volunteers worked 2 hours from 9 am to 11 am. They walked back and forth throughout the field to hang bunting on the surrounding fences, working as a team […]

AYLUS Pearland Branch hosted the Youth Tennis Summer Session from June to August 2019. This was the 3rd consecutive summer that AYLUS Pearland offered this popular class. Every weekend, volunteers coached kids ages 7 to 10.  Many kids were excited for this course long before the summer began, therefore the spots fill quickly. At the […]

On the early morning of August 31, 2019, AYLUS hosted their fourth annual garage sale. These garage sales have been increasingly known for their successes and enjoyable environment. Members showed up ecstatic and ready to help.  In the past weeks, the AYLUS community donated various items like clothing, toys, kitchenware and house decorations. Ultimately, the […]

On August 30, 2019, members of AYLUS worked together to prepare for the annual garage sale fundraiser. In the previous weeks, families from AYLUS collectively donated items such as clothes, toys and house decorations to help launch the garage sale. To help prepare, members organized the donated items into categories. Jeans were laid out onto […]

On July 4th, AYLUS teamed up with Pearland Parks and Recreation to host the Independence Day Festival and Fireworks, celebrating America’s 243rd birthday. The festival coincided with the grand opening of Independence Park, which had been closed for three years, and had thousands of citizens attending. This year our volunteers helped with inflatables, rides, and […]

Local Asian Communities Are Coming Together to Support First Responders and Health Care Workers PEARLAND – (March 30, 2020) – The global outbreak of COVID-19 has been rapidly evolving in the past few days. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. increased to more than 163,000, with more than 3,000 deaths. As the […]

AYLUS Pearland participated in the Friends of Foerster’s school supply drive during the Spring Break.  Foerster Elementary school located in SW Houston serves an at-risk community where children unfortunately usually don’t have bare necessities to attend school. AYLUS Pearland called for a school supply donation to help the kids at Foerster Elementary school.  The project […]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many counties issued the “Stay at Home” order in hopes to slow down the spread of the virus. Senior citizens who live alone do not have any visitors. Because of this issue, MEDX Pharmacy in Pearland created the “We are here with you” project which encourages people to write a letter […]

Pearland Chinese Association invited AYLUS Pearland members to help on preparing for the 3rd Pearland Lunar Festival in January 2020. Four AYLUS Pearland members, Annie Zhu, Kate Liu, Ben Liang, and Andy Jiang were selected to be the on-stage hosts of the event. The volunteers met with the event director, Shawn Xiao on Jan. 18, […]

On May 3rd, May 17th, June 14th, and June 28th of 2019, the AYLUS Pearland Branch volunteered at the Community Summer Concert Series organized by the City of Pearland’s Park and Recreation Foundation.  Featuring a different genre of music each week, the free concert series is one of the most attended events in Pearland. The […]

With the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, many hospitals are filling up with an endless number of patients and are in desperate need of medical supplies to treat everyone. In March 2020, AYLUS decided to alleviate some of the doctors’ stress by donating much needed N95 masks to doctors in the Houston area. As […]

On March 7th, 2020 AYLUS volunteer instructors and students of the Hello Wuhan initiative had a team-building event. After a couple of weeks of pilot classes, enough volunteers and students were recruited to formally launch the long-term project. The online event was hosted and coordinated by Andy Jiang and Andy Gu so that all the […]

On October 12th, 2019, AYLUS volunteered and donated homemade dishes to Dawson High School’s Asian Culture Club for the school’s 2019 “Flock Party” event. As one of the most popular events at Dawson High School, the parking lot was full hours before the event.  Volunteers had to wait in a long line to drop off […]

In March 2020, AYLUS Pearland started the Hello Wuhan project. Recognizing the extreme impact on daily life of the students in the area of Wuhan due to COVID-19, this project aims to connect with them and help academically in the ways we can as well as share cultural differences. Through family and friend contacts, as […]

On February 28th, AYLUS volunteers donated food to Dawson High School’s Asian Culture Club to support and spread awareness in a positive light of the Asian culture, uniting all kinds of culture together. That night, volunteers brought food from their culture to share with the diverse students of Dawson. Promoting a greater appreciation for Asian […]

On March 7, AYLUS volunteers teamed up with Keep Pearland Beautiful to clean and pick up trash at Centennial Park and the Mary’s Creek waterway that runs through all of Pearland. On the beautiful Saturday morning, volunteers arrived at 7:30 AM and worked until 10:00 AM. They first had a lesson on the effects of […]

For the fourth year in a row, AYLUS helps the TMSCA State Qualifier hosted by Pearland Junior High West through proctoring, grading, and monitoring students. Throughout the five hours of the competition, the fourteen volunteers worked alongside school administrators and other volunteers to help administer tests, grade tests, sell concessions, and more. Even though the […]

On February 29th, AYLUS members helped volunteer at the annual multicultural festival located at Pearland High School. Members contributed by coordinating a booth representing the prosperous Chinese culture. AYLUS’s booth consisted of various activities as well as aspects that taught visitors about the history and lifestyle of Chinese culture. For instance, board members from the […]

On January 18, 2020, AYLUS Pearland volunteers participated at the Pickeball event in the 2020 TAAF Winter Games of Texas. This event lasted from 11 AM to 4PM, and volunteers supplied the competitors with practice and game balls, helped retrieve lost balls, and guided competitors to their designated court. They helped control the flow of […]

AYLUS Pearland volunteers at annual Pearland Parks and Recreation Winterfest Celebration On January 25th, 2020, the AYLUS Pearland Branch volunteers participated at the annual Pearland Winterfest Festival. This is the 4th year that AYLUS members have participated in the Winterfest event. There were 11 AYLUS volunteers among over 130 volunteers, providing services to nearly 10,000 attendees […]

On December 21st 2019 from 9am to 11am, members of the AYLUS Pearland youth group performed in the annual winter talent show. Volunteers performed at the Landing at Watercrest, a new senior living location that caters for elders with Alzheimer’s disease. Performers showcased various acts including talents such as singing, dancing and playing on traditional […]

On Saturday, November 9, AYLUS Pearland partnered with Pearland Parks and Recreation to host the annual Veterans Day Walk/ Hike for Mental Health between Turner High School and the Pearland Recreation Center. The event lasted a total of 4 hours, and many members of the community participated in this event, including many veterans themselves. The […]

On October 13th, AYLUS volunteers teamed up with Keep Pearland Beautiful to clean and pick up trash at Centennial Park and the waterway around it in Pearland. On the beautiful Saturday morning, volunteers arrived and geared up at 8:00 AM. They worked diligently until 10:00 AM, filling multiple trash bags with items such as plastic trash, bottles, take out containers, and […]

On August 18, 2019, volunteers from AYLUS Pearland worked from 9 AM – 12 AM tirelessly in order to provide meals for those in need. They were split up into separate groups during their shifts and worked on several tasks such as: preparing food, loading and unloading boxes, wrapping bags, sorting containers, and many more […]

AYLUS Pearland volunteers washed 2 driveways and back yard patios in August on 8/5 and 8/12, thanks to the Wu family and Dr. Yan’s generous support. The areas of driveway and patio are massive for the 2 houses. It took the volunteers a long time during hot summer to finish the tasks. Volunteers participated the […]

The annual ALYUS Pearland summer driveway wash fundraising, started on 7/26/2019.   This year Mrs. Li donated a new power washer to AYLUS Pearland branch for the fundraising.   The first house AYLUS volunteers washed was Dr. Wen’s house at the LACP community.   Dr. Wen, who supported our last year’s fundraising event, generously supported this year as […]

On September 6th, 2019, the Pearland branch volunteers participated in the school supplies packing event at Hobby Elementary School, along with volunteers from other places in the event hosted by Houston’s C.A.R.E. organization. Event volunteers first took supplies out of boxes, picked pencils, scissors, crayons, markers, rulers, erasers etc. into a small bag, then filled […]

On July 20th 2019 from 2:00 to 3:00pm, members of AYLUS Pearland alongside community members performed in the second Summer Talent Show at Colonial Oaks. AYLUS members Kate Liu and Andy Gu hosted the show by providing introductions for each of the performers while additionally educating the audience about AYLUS and its current positive impact […]

Through the summer months of 2019, AYLUS Pearland hosted sixteen art classes at the local Michael’s classroom. Classes were held on Sunday and Monday evenings during June and July. AYLUS members Kate Liu, Janie Chen, Kathy Liang, Irene Liu, Tien Tran, Katherine Zhong, Ella and Sophia Lin participated in the teaching aspect of the project. […]

On May 18, 2019 from 3:30 to 5:30pm, AYLUS Pearland partnered with the Pearland Chinese School to host the 3rd Annual High School Life and College Applications Seminar. Parents and current students were educated on the different aspects of high school and the process of writing application and the preparation needed for high achievement in […]

On July 7, 2019, AYLUS members Jerry Gu and Luxin Peng helped C.A.R.E. founder, Peter Hwang, to retrieve dozens of American flags that were planted along Bellaire Boulevard for the 4th of July. From 8:30 to 11:00 AM, armed with metal wrenches and high spirits, our volunteers toiled strenuously under the hot Texan sun to […]

On July 13th2019 from 2:30 to 3:30pm, members of AYLUS Pearland performed in the Summer Talent show at Tuscany Village Nursing Home. Participants of the show came together to bring a sense of joy and happiness to the seniors by performing a variety of talents like piano, violin, kung fu, dancing and unique Chinese instruments. […]

On March 30th2019, AYLUS partnered with the Pearland Chinese Association to organize a booth for the Multicultural Festival at Pearland High School. Members decorated the area with various Chinese decorations and a poster displaying the Great Wall of China alongside other traditional items like Chinese Opera, Calligraphy and food. In addition, we included many activities […]

The AYLUS Pearland Branch worked with Houston C.A.R.E, Pearland Parks and Recreation to run a July 4th convention this July 4th, 2019. The volunteers arrived early in the morning before the event to help with set up, and stayed to run booths. They worked behind the scenes for various performances, and quite literally did the […]

On July 4, 2019, AYLUS members played a special Fourth of July concert at Autumn Leaves of Pearland, an assisted living memory care facility that specially accommodates seniors with dementia and Alzheimer’s. High school band students rehearsed and performed from 12 to 3 pm, bringing joy and patriotism in their music. They played a variety […]

On April 21, 2019, the AYLUS Pearland Branch worked alongside Pearland Chinese Association to host an Easter egg hunt open to families and kids of all ages at Tom Bass Park 1. This was the 4th annual Easter egg hunt that AYLUS Pearland Branch hosted. This amazing fun featured 1500 plastic eggs, lots of candy […]

Pearland Chinese YoYo Team was established in September 2018 sponseredby Pearland Chinese Association and AYLUS Pearland Branch. The majority of the team are Aylus members and junior members. Pearland Chinese YoYo team organized 10 group practice sessions from September 18 to February 2019. It performed at the Starlight Talent Show in November 2018, holiday talent […]

On March 30, 2018 the AYLUS Pearland branch hosted its first ever election at the Pearland Westside Library. 24 voters attended the meeting, determining the outcome of the election. Several new leaders were officially welcomed into AYLUS leadership: Tony Liu as president; Jerry Gu and Vincent Yang as vice-presidents; Benjamin Liang as secretary; Andy Gu […]

To celebrate Easter, AYLUS-Pearland hosted an Easter Egg Hunt at Tom Bass Regional Park on March 25th, 2016. Together, the volunteers prepared over 800 Easter eggs for the participants to search for. Food and drink was also provided during the 2 hours time. Overall, the kids had a lot of fun playing, eating and drinking, […]