Date: March 18th, 2017 Location: Lexington City Hall Members attended: Jennifer X, Julia T, Eliza J, David H, Selina L, Angela Y, Ryan L, Jia Y, RuiQi L, Albert W, Melinda Y, Kevin Q, Eric Q, Tiffany Q, Cory Z, Sophia Y, Emma S, Victor C, Becky Z, Joy M, Alice Y, Katie C, Lily Z, Gary […]
Category: South Boston Branch Posts
South Boston Branch spends weekends selling tickets for their charity gala!
Date: February 26th, March 5th, March 12th Location: Acton, Cambridge, Newton, and Andover Chinese Schools Members attended: Melinda, Eric Zhou, Daniel, Jennifer, Albert, Cory, Kevin Q, Eric Q, Mitchell, Alice Y, Becky, Selina, Ryan, Ella, Emma, Julia, Kitty, Alice H, Jolene Event description: In preparation for their March 18th charity gala, members of the South Boston Branch toured […]
South Boston Branch performs for a second time for seniors!
Date: March 4th, 2017 Location: The Falls at Cordingly Dam Members attended: Christie Yu, Melinda Yu, Jennifer Xu, Ray Gao, Becky Zhou, Emma Su, Emma, Michelle, Ryan Lin, Jonathan Wu, Daniel Zhou, Eddy Su, Joey Wu, Selina Lin, Eric Zhou, Albert Wu Event description: Because the seniors liked their previous performance so much, they invited the South Boston Branch […]
South Boston Branch hosts Chinese New Year art auction!
Date: February 4th, 2017 Location: Minuteman High School, Lexington Members attended: Melinda Yu, Eric Zhou, Daniel Zhou, Cory Zhou, Irene Wu, Jennifer Xu, Becky Zhou Event description: To celebrate Chinese New Year, South Boston Branch members helped host a great art auction in a Chinese New Year festival at Minuteman High School, in Lexington. They asked parents for […]
South Boston Branch hosts performance at senior home
Date: January 21st, 2017 Location: The Falls at Cordingly Dam Members attended: Melinda Yu, Eric Zhou, Daniel Zhou, Cory Zhou, Tiffany Yu, Irene Wu, Jennifer Xu, Victor Chen, Becky Zhou, Ray Gao, Jonathan Wu, Ryan Lin, Yintong Zhao, Emma Su, Joey Wu Event description: To show off their amazing talent, young South Boston Branch members decided […]
South Boston Branch hosts hugely successful food drive!
South Boston Branch members Yuhang Zhang, Mimi Zhang, Christie Yu, Melinda Yu, Cory Zhou, Becky Zhou, Joy Mahoney, Eric Zhou, Daniel Zhou, Jack Tang, and Brendan Xu hosted a food drive at the Lexington Stop and Shop on December 31, 2016. Seeing their dedication and hard work on the cold morning of the last day […]
Christie and Melinda host art auction at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
South Boston Branch’s Christie and Melinda Yu hosted an art auction at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care center on December 3, 2016. All proceeds went to the child burn patients that Christie and Melinda have been visiting this past year.
Christie and Melinda visit child burn patients!
To celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving, Christie and Melinda Yu of AYLUS’s South Boston Branch revisited Jinlei and met new friend Yingying on November 11th. Jinlei and Yingying suffered severe burns as children and are staying in Boston to treat their scars, thanks to financial support from the A Life A Time organization, which the South […]
South Boston Branch hosts Art Auction at Billerica Garden Trade
On September 24, South Boston Branch members Christie Yu, Melinda Yu, Eric Zhou, Daniel Zhou, and Albert Wu hosted a calligraphy sale at the Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. All proceeds were donated to burn patients, as an event part of the ongoing South Boston child burn victims project. Thank you to the people of Billerica […]
South Boston Branch hosts booth at Asian American Day
On September 10, 2016, South Boston Branch members Christie Yu, Melinda Yu, Eric Zhou, Daniel Zhou, Selina Lin, Ryan Lin, Cory Zhou, Jie Xu, Julia Tang, Brendan Xu, Emma Su, Jia Yan, Sophia Yang, Joy, Yu Wan, Jack Tang, and Runqi Dong hosted a booth at Asian American Day on Boston Common. To celebrate the Asian […]
South Boston Branch preserves Cronk’s Rocky Woodland
On Tuesday, August 16, South Boston Branch members Eric Zhou, Daniel Zhou, Christie Yu, Melinda Yu, Cory Zhou, and Becky Zhou spent hours at Wellesley’s Cronk’s Rocky Woodland to preserve and prepare the sanctuary for fall. The group learned about different native plant species, including red and white oak trees, and toured different paths on […]
South Boston Branch tours Guernsey Sanctuary
On Monday, August 15, South Boston Branch members Eric Zhou, Christie Yu, Daniel Zhou, and Melinda Yu toured the Guernsey Sanctuary in Wellesley with tour guide Pete to plan volunteer projects on the 27-acre conservation grounds and lake. They reviewed an old book detailing flora and fauna in the region, and plan to build “nature […]
South Boston Branch hosts art auction in Boston Chinatown
On Sunday, August 14, South Boston Branch members Christie Yu, Eric Zhou, Selina Lin, and Daniel Zhou hosted a booth at Boston Chinatown’s Asian American event, selling pieces of calligraphy artwork to fundraise for burn patients. At this event, they were supported by Mr. Pan of the Empire Auction House Inc, a company that donated […]
Mrs. Yan and Christie begin project on Cronk’s Rocky Woodland
On Friday July 15, Mrs. Yan and Christie discussed plans with Mrs. Judith Boland about the management of Cronk’s Rocky Woodland. This garden, owned by Wellesley College alumna Violet Cronk in the 1930’s, was created to preserve the natural, native beauty of Wellesley flora. Later in her life, Violet Cronk’s house burned down, and after she died, […]
South Boston Branch holds art sale at Lexington garden trade
On June 18th, 2016, South Boston Branch members Eric Zhou, Irene Wu, Daniel Zhou, Christie Yu, and Melinda Yu organized a sale of calligraphy artwork at a garden trade in Lexington. Though the event was small, the generosity of the Lexington community in buying the artwork touched the members’ hearts, and these small steps will […]
South Boston Branch hosts another art auction in Cambridge!
On April 24th, 2016, South Boston Branch members Jia Yan, Cory Zhou, Christie Yu, Selina Lin, Melinda Yu, Ryan Lin, and Becky Zhou organized another successful art auction at the Cambridge Center for Chinese Culture. The funds will go to supporting Tingting, seven year old severe burn victim and amputee from China. Parents of students […]
South Boston Branch cleans Morses Pond for Earth Day!
On April 16th, 2016, co-Presidents Christie Yu and Allen Xu of the South Boston branch took Eric Zhou, Melinda Yu, Daniel Zhou, and Brandon Xu to Morses Pond in Wellesley, MA, to clean up the environment for AYLUS’s Earth Day event. The group picked up trash, including glass bottles, broken shovels/pails, and even used diapers, […]
South Boston Branch hosts another Art Auction in Andover, MA!
On April 10th, 2016, Alice Yu, Meira Xu, Christie Yu, Melinda Yu, Yifei Zheng, May Zheng, Joanne Zhou, and Brandon Xu of the South Boston Branch hosted a very successful art auction at the Pike School in Andover, Massachusetts to fundraise for severe burn victims Tingting and Hanhan, two children from China. Tingting lost a […]
Christie Yu is tutoring severe burn victims at a hospital
In a long effort to help those severe burn victims, Christie Yu and the South Boston branch of AYLUS had organized several fundraising. Today, Christie Yu went to a hospital again to visit them and teach them English.
South Boston Branch Has Been Honored as the Branch of the Month: February 2016
Feb Activities: Fundraising for Lin’s Family Fundraising for Severe Burn Victims Branch Information: Status: Honor, Branch of the Month (Dec. 2015, Feb 2016) Current July-August, 2015 On the September 2, 2015, three high school students worked together to create the South Boston Branch, MA. Founders The founders of South Boston Branch are Allen Xu, […]