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, […]
South Boston Branch Held a Fundraising for the Lin Brothers Memorial Fund.
On February 20th, 2016, Christie Yu, Eric Zhou, Melinda Yu, and Daniel Zhou of the South Boston Branch hosted an art auction at the Wellesley Chinese-American Network’s inauguration ceremony in Wellesley’s community center, to raise money for The Lin Brothers Memorial Fund. While Eric, Melinda, and Daniel approached audience members for nearly a hundred dollars […]
Remembering William and Anthony Lin: A Letter from Christie Yu
To those in the AYLUS community, “There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were,” said Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, and parent of a son who died young. As you no doubt have heard by now, two members of […]
Christie met Lindy Li
On February 13th, 2016, South Boston Branch’s Christie Yu (the Vice President of AYLUS) and Melinda Yu met 25 year old, Chinese-American, Pennsylvanian, and female US Congressional candidate Lindy Li for AYLUS’s Women in Politics event. While watching and listening to two television channels interview Lindy, Christie and Melinda were impressed and moved by Lindy’s […]
South Boston Branch Held a Fundraiser for Severe Burn Victims
On February 7th, 2016, to usher in the lunar new year, South Boston Branch’s co-Presidents Christie Yu and Allen Xu, along with Yifei Zheng, Sara Song, Christine Shi, Katherine Chen, Jia Yan, Cory Zhou, Selina Lin, Ryan Lin, Albert Wu, and Brendan Xu held a third art auction at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School to fundraise […]
South Boston Branch hosts 2nd art auction fundraiser!
On January 3rd, 2016, co-Presidents Christie Yu and Allen Xu; Vice President Yuhang Zhang; and members Peter Bi, Christopher Zhang, Jack Tang, Tiffany Yu, Eric Zhou, Daniel Zhou, Tommy Wang, Tianyi Bi, Yifei Zheng, Daniel Zhou, Melinda Yu, Wanying Zhang, Selina Lin, and Ryan Lin of the South Boston Branch hosted its second art auction […]
AYLUS Honors Its Members of Year 2015
Christie Yu A sophomore from Wellesley High School (MA), Christie is currently the vice president of The Alliance of Youth Leaders (AYLUS) and co-president of the South Boston branch. Christie played an important role in the creating of AYLUS. She is among the four co-founders who co-hosted the inaugural meeting of AYLUS. She designed logos […]
South Boston Branch hosts Food Drive
On December 19th, 2015, the South Boston Branch, with Secretary Yuhang Zhang, co-President Christie Yu, and members Jeannie Ruffley, Kripa Solanki, Melinda Yu, Brandon Xu, Yifei Zheng, and Daniel Zhou, hosted a food drive at the Lexington Stop and Shop for the AYLUS 2015 Food Drive event in partnership with the Greater Boston Food Bank. […]
Real Angels: A picture is worth a thousand words
Couple months ago, South Boston Branch organized a fund raising for children at a Boston Hospital. After that event, Christie Yu and Melinda Yu continue their effort to help these kids. If doctors can heal these children physically, then Christie and Melinda are on the way to support them mentally. Christie and Melinda are teaching these […]
South Boston Branch Members Volunteered to make Care Packages
On November 29th, co-Presidents Allen Xu and Christie Yu, and Vice President Yuhang Zhang of the South Boston branch led an event with Sara Song, Cory Zhou, Peter Bi, Melinda Yu, Wanying Zhang, Garrett Lu, Edwin Lu, Rajeev Raghavan, Ravi Raghavan, and Brendan Xu for the nonprofit organizations AYLUS and Cradles to Crayons in partnership […]
South Boston branch launched charity fundraising
Today, South Boston branch launched a charity fundraising for some hospitalized kids at Boston Hospitals. Their efforts received warmly supports from local non-profit organization and community leaders. The activity was led by branch leaders Christie Yu , Allen Xu, and Yuhang Zhang. The participated members include Melinda Yu, Wanying Zhang, Cory Zhou, Sara Wei, Rachael […]