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 […]