On November 1, 2024, Aylus Murrieta members gathered to clean their adopted space, Meadows View Park. Armed with trash picker and trash bags, and a shared commitment to community service, the group worked together to pick up litter, and tidy up the park’s walkways, benches, and play areas. They carefully combed through the park, ensuring […]
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Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (43rd) (11/1/2024)
On November 1, 2024, Aylus Murrieta members returned to their weekly garden work, continuing their ongoing efforts to nurture and maintain the garden. As the seasons shifted, the group focused on preparing the garden for the coming winter months. They added fresh, nutrient-rich soil to several beds, ensuring the plants had the best possible foundation […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (42nd) (10/26/2024)
On October 26, 2024, Aylus Murrieta members gathered once again to carry out their weekly garden tasks. With a sense of excitement and curiosity, they checked on the sprouts they had transplanted just a week earlier, eager to see how the young plants were adapting to their new home. As they carefully examined the garden […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (87th) ( 10/27/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On October 27th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS helped at local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers started with preparing the residents’ snacks, cutting up raisin toast and spreading jellies over it, then placing them onto separate napkins. They helped lead the residents through their daily exercise regimen, then […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (29th) (10/27/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On October 27th, AYLUS members had a local beach clean up. They started at the upper park, making their way through the wet grass. Past the train tracks, they found a bottle of lemonade at the childrens playground which they promptly recycled. Most of the trash they found this time […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #28– ABWK Senior Home Painting Projects (10/26/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On October 26th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped with the A Brush With Kindness Project. The volunteers arrived early in the morning and quickly attended the safety meeting. Taking the yellow paint for the main body, they started with the backside of the home where the sun would be for […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (41st) (10/19/2024)
On October 19, 2024, Aylus Murrieta members gathered once again to continue their collaborative garden project. Under the clear sky, they worked together, carefully transplanting the delicate sprouts they had lovingly nurtured at home into the freshly prepared garden beds. Each plant was gently placed in the soil, as members took their time to ensure […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (40th) (10/19/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On October 19th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS cleaned their adopted park. They began around the sidewalks, cleaning along the bushes and the walkway and finding a few discarded plastics. After taking a circle around, the volunteers found various cups and tissues along the playground, picking them up and also finding smaller […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (86th) ( 10/20/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On October 20th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped at local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers arrived to help entertain and prepare the residents’ snacks. They led the residents through various exercises for the day and led a meditation, and also helped prepare snacks by cutting fruit, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #27– ABWK Senior Home Painting Projects (10/19/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On October 19th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered with the A Brush With Kindness program. Arriving at the tail end of the prep work, the volunteers helped with some final tarp and tape laying before attending the briefing meeting. They spent some time admiring the neighbors’ turkeys and chickens, basking […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Set Up Susan G. Komen ‘More Than Pink Walk’ Event #3 (10/13/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On October 13th, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out at the Inland Empire MORE THAN PINK Walk for the third year in a row. Susan G Komen’s MORE THAN PINK Walk, hosts over 100,000 participants at at their 40+ walks across the U.S. each year. Since the first Walk in […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (40th) (10/11/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On October 11th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members headed over to Jacob’s House to work on their Little Garden of Hope Project. They arrived just as the sprinklers were scheduled to go off, so the members worked around them. They first moved the sprouted seeds over to another bed and readied […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts Recycling Event to Help Rescued Animals # 21 (10/11/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On October 11th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members gathered all the cans/bottles they collected from the previous weeks and went to recycle them. While waiting in line to get the baskets, members interacted with one another. Then they took all the bags and sorted them by weight, number, and the type […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (28th) (10/13/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen: On October 13th, AYLUS members had a local beach cleanup. They started by picking up all the trash in the upper park which included paper scraps and cardboard boxes. They then made their way down to the lower areas of the park where they found a number of trash including plastic […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (85th) ( 10/13/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On October 13th, 2024, AYLUS members volunteered at local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers split up to cover all the bases. Some led the residents through light exercises, stretching, and meditation to wake up their bodies. Others washed cups and fruit, cutting and preparing snacks of […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Outreach Farm Project ( Pumpkin harvest) #2 (10/12/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On October 12th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS helped with the Outreach Farm Project (Pumpkin harvest). The volunteers started the day with picking up pumpkins that’d already been cut off the vines, moving them to a pile where they’d be picked up and loaded into crates and trucks. They took turns passing […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (39th) (10/5/2024)
On October 5 2024, Murrieta members continue work at their garden project. Members were thrilled to see their garlic and cabbages sprouting! They carefully transplanted the sprouts into the ground, ensuring each one had enough space to grow. The anticipation of a bountiful harvest filled the air as they worked together in the garden. As […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (84th) ( 10/6/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On October 6th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS volunteered at the Atria Park of Vintage Hills senior center. As usual, the members signed in before heading inside to the Ice Cream Parlor and Library. As some of the members started playing, the others helped open the Parlor. A line had already […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps with Mission Hope Empowerment Village Program (1st) (10/5/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On October 5th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered with Mission Hope. On this occasion, members drove up to a new property they bought. Their housing programs were to provide a safe, stable, and low-rent place for families and also included education courses on personal finances and parenting. Members worked on […]
Murrieta AYLUS Donates Supplies to their Local Animal Shelter (#4) (10/5/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On October 5th, 2024, AYLUS members donated the chew toys they had made during the week as well as food for the animals there and old stuffed animals. They dropped it all off at the local animal shelter were it was graciously accepted by the workers there. They then took […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (39th) (10/5/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On October 5th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS cleaned their adopted park. The volunteers met at the park then split up, taking different pathways to clean the entire area faster. Some went towards the rose bushes and circled around the bushes, while the others went around the tables and the playground area […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (38th) (9/28/2024)
On September 28, 2024, Murrieta branch members returned to take care of their garden at Jacob’s House. Members brought tools from home to repair the loose mesh around the garden beds, as well as the mesh on fence, in order to block some of the wild animals to crawl in. Sadly our garden was invaded […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (83rd) ( 9/29/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 29th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS helped local senior centers. The volunteers helped lead the residents through light exercises while preparing cut fruits for the fruit salad for snack. They celebrated the new non-broken trash can, before taking the residents outside for some sunshine. Outside, they were able to serve […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #26– ABWK Senior Home Painting Projects (9/28/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 28th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS helped with the A Brush with Kindness Program. The A Brush With Kindness program is intended for lower income households that are unable to pay for paint jobs to fulfill HOA requirements. As such, the program provides volunteer workers and lower cost materials costs […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (38th) (9/21/2024)
On Sep. 21 2024, members of Aylus Murrieta went to clean up their adopted park at Meadows Park. They began with the playground areas, as the numerous tiny wraps caught their attention, members patiently picked up them all and then went on with the bushes where most of the beverage bottles were hidden. They then […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (37th) (9/21/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On September 21st, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members went to the garden. Members got all their tools ready before starting by pulling weeds. They focused more on the beds that had weeds that were overgrowing. Then, they harvested a couple of bell peppers and jalapeños that would be given to the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (27th) (9/22/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On September 22th, AYLUS members had a local beach cleanup. They started by picking up all the trash in the upper park which included paper scraps and Starbucks bags. Along the way, the found a bag of moldy costco bread which had been left to rot by the side of […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (82nd) ( 9/22/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 22nd, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS lent a hand to local senior centers. After arriving, the volunteers helped the residents work out and stretch out their limbs to get their blood flowing. Doing various small and large scale exercises, the residents slowly woke up to get the morning started. After […]
Murrieta AYLUS Continues Their “Thank You Firefighters” Campaign (9th)( Station #95) (9/21/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 21st, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS continued its third year of hosting the “Thank You Firefighters” Campaign. To show their appreciation for the firefighters who work tirelessly to keep their community safe, Murrieta AYLUS members work together to make crafts and buy food to donate to local firefighter stations. At […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (81st) ( 9/15/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 15th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped at local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers began with some light exercise using pool noodles and various stretches, while preparing some cut fruit and yoghurt for a snack. After the exercise, the residents were taken outside to enjoy […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (36th) (9/14/2024)
On September 14 2024, Murrieta members worked at the garden at Jacob’s House. Today’s goal: loose soil and prepare the bed for fall / winter plants. Members have an excellent opportunity to put their classroom knowledge into practice by creating optimal beds for healthy plant growth. They divided each bed into 2-3 smaller sections, leaving […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (26th) (9/14/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 14th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped at the STAT Horse Sanctuary. The volunteers arrived early in the morning to attend to the horse pens. After collecting the tools necessary, they worked on shoveling the waste and old hay and dumping it into wheelbarrows. Starting in the upper stables […]
Murrieta AYLUS Starts Their “Thank You Firefighters” Appreciation Month (8th)( Station #83) (9/14/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 14th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS continued its third year of hosting the “Thank You Firefighters” Campaign. To show their appreciation for the firefighters who work tirelessly to keep their community safe, Murrieta AYLUS members work together to make crafts and buy food to donate to local firefighter stations. At […]
Murrieta AYLUS Make Greeting Cards for Firefighters (9/13/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On September 12th, 2024, AYLUS members wrote and decorated cards for the firemen who work tirelessly everyday and every night to protect and serve our neighborhoods. They wrote out a kind and heart-warming message on a card and then decorated it with ornaments. Then, they sealed the letters into envelopes […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (35th) (9/8/2024)
On Sep. 08 2024, Aylus Murrieta Members return to work at their Little garden. This is another excessive heat day with triple digit temperature, so members decided to start the work early when it’s not too much heat. Members found there were some onion seeds so they spread the seeds into the bed so it […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (37th) (9/8/2024)
On Sep. 08 2024, the members of Aylus Murrieta were following their routine to clean up their adopted park. Members began early to avoid the intense heat. They made their way around the park, inspecting the bushes where most of the trash was hidden. At the BBQ area, they found many snack wrappers, broken glass, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (80th) ( 9/8/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 8th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered at local senior centers. The volunteers began the morning with some sing a long with the residents, then preparing a snack. While some volunteers cut and prepared a fruit salad with strawberries, blueberries, and cut grapes. Aside from that, the volunteers also […]
Murrieta AYLUS Collects and Donates Clothes to Good Will & Angle View(#7) (9/6 & 9/7/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : Over the past week, Murrieta AYLUS members sorted through their clothes to find items that were lightly worn to donate to Angel View. Members neatly folded each article of clothing and placed them in plastic bags. They also put together a bag of shoes. The members headed over to […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts Recycling Event to Help Rescued Animals # 20 (9/6 & 9/7/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On September 6th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members recycled their bottles. Since it was a very hot afternoon, members tried their best to quickly and efficiently sort and weigh all the recyclables. After making sure each cap on the bottles was unscrewed, members poured the plastics and aluminum into their own […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (79th) ( 9/1/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On September 1st, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS member helped local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers first prepared a light snack with fruits and yoghurt, before pouring some juice. The residents were led through various chair yoga exercises, and were then taken outside to enjoy some sunshine. They […]