On March 11, 2023, AYLUS Pearland made cotton candy and popcorn at the Pearland West Library.  This session is to prepare for the ED White Health Fair and Family Event in April. AYLUS Pearland volunteers set up and calibrated the machines and then tested out different recipes.  To make popcorn, put 3 tablespoons of popcorn […]

AYLUS Pearland volunteers practiced painting faces on Monday, March 13, 2023, from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Pearland West Library to prepare for several big events in April. Volunteers arrived on time and helped with set up. They first selected facepainting themes that suitable for Spring events. Then they searched and selected video […]

On March 4th, 2023, AYLUS Pearland volunteered at Ed White Elementary, to help students with math. Students and tutors worked on some textbooks. Students answered the practice problems that were available and were checked by the tutor. Whiteboards were utilized as well to come up with math problems for the students to solve. The volunteers […]

On February 26th, AYLUS volunteers organized a seed exchange event to kick off the annual plant sale fundraiser. The event was designed to encourage people to donate seeds and receive different varieties of seeds in return. The AYLUS volunteers were very dedicated and arrived early in the morning at the Sunrise Lake Community Club to […]

On February 26, 2023, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, AYLUS Pearland officers held a meeting with branch board members to discuss and plan the officer elections in late March or early April. We decided on the format and dates of the election, and discussed some other issues related to future AYLUS Pearland activities. The election […]

On February 25, 2023, AYLUS hosted its second annual high school forums at the West Pearland Library. Like the previous year, the event featured a wide variety of high school students to answer questions based around course selection and extracurricular activities. Speakers were Irene Shi, Kathy Xie, Alex and William Sun, Ellie Kim, Nova Mu, […]

AYLUS Pearland volunteered at the Old Pearland Farmers’ Market on Saturday, February 18, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and set up a fundraising booth for SMILE’s laptop donation drive. Volunteers arrived early to help set up the front desk and the AYLUS fundraising booth. Items for sale were plush pillows, backpacks and pillowcases […]

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 […]