Reported by Jessica Lu : On January 14th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped their local senior center. Members went their separate ways, one going to the ice cream parlor, and one going to the library. The previous week, members had done their research and prepared some pieces that they thought the seniors would like such […]
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Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (27th) (1/15/2024)
Reported by Caien(Daisy) Chen : On January 15th 2024, AYLUS members helped scan and clean up their local park. The members scanned the entire park, from the playground where they found loose wrappers, to the streets of the nearby neighborhood where they found more trash. However, some of their more notable finds were in the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (36th) (1/15/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On January 15th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the Community Mission of Hope. The volunteers started the day with washing crates, using the pressure washer to hose down areas and ensure they were thoroughly cleaned, before stacking the crates upside down to dry. They simultaneously used rags […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #15– ABWK Senior Home Painting Project (1/13/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On January 13th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped paint houses with the Habitat for Humanity. After the supervisors went over ladder safety rules and tips on painting, the volunteers lined up and each got a bucket of paint, a brush, and a roller. Everyone spread out about the house […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (35th) (1/8/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On January 8th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local food bank, Community Mission of Hope. On Mondays, volunteers work on cleaning and setting up for work for the week. The members started with washing the crates. The original plan had been to scrub them in the sink […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (13rd) (1/8/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Monday, January 8, Murrieta AYLUS members conducted a beach cleanup. The volunteers began with sweeping around the park areas, finding discarded papers and some food waste. After passing over the area and checking some of the benches, they proceeded down to the shoreline. There they found styrofoam waste littered […]
Murrieta AYLUS Donates Supplies to their Local Animal Shelter (#3) (1/6/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On January 6th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members donated pet food to an animal shelter. The previous week, members had gone to the store and bought some dog and pet food and supplies to be donated. Members bought one bag of dog food for big dogs, two bags of dog food […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (21st) (1/6/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Saturday, January 6, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the STAT horse sanctuary. The volunteers began by cleaning out the horse’s stalls, stopping to pet the horses and shoveling their waste. As the wheelbarrow filled volunteers stepped out to dump at the master pile, encountering some trouble with […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (25th ) (1/5/2024)
Reported by Hsin Chen(Julie) Lu : On January 5th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out with the Little Garden of Hope Project. After greeting the staff of Jacob’s House, the members headed to the garden. They split into different groups, each taking on a different task. Some worked on manually watering each bed and others […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (26th) (1/5/2024)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On January 5th, 2024, Murrieta AYLUS members cleaned their adopted park. Members separated into two groups to make the task more efficient and quicker. They looked between the bushes in case any trash was hidden in there. Members went around the park before cleaning the playground. They found lots of […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (34th) (1/5/2024)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Friday, January 5, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the Community Mission of Hope food bank. Arriving to a chill in the morning, the volunteers got started sorting different assortments of bread and desserts. Separating out the sliced breads, whole breads, and rolls on shelves, they also got […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 40th) ( 12/31/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao: On Sunday, December 31, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to a local senior center. Arriving in time for the resident’s music time, the volunteers sang with them while helping some of the residents with odds and ends. They gathered ice for a pitcher of ginger ale to serve to the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (12th) (12/22/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Friday, December 22, Murrieta AYLUS members conducted a beach cleanup. The volunteers arrived the morning after some heavy rain and found litter scattered around the parks and shore. They started around the upper parks before circling around the lower parks, cleaning up a trash can’s contents that had spilled. […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts Recycling Event to Help Rescued Animals # 14 (12/21 &12/22/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu: On December 21st, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS recycled their bottles. Members had previously already separated their bottles into plastics and cans so it made the whole process go much faster. They put plastics into one bucket and aluminum into another. After selling them, members made $13.04 and they hope to gather more […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (33th) (12/21/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu ; On December 21st, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped their local food bank. Members signed in before starting to help with the food boxes. They would put a package of meat in each box, along with some sides, fruits/veggies, one breakfast bread, one sliced bread, one roll, and two desserts. Members […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 39th) ( 12/17/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On December 17th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members played piano at their local senior center. Members brought along fun books to play like Christmas and jazzy pieces. Seniors sang along with any pieces they knew. Members played pieces like Santa Claus is Coming to Town, 13 Jours en France, disney pieces, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Senior Center Music Performance ( 6th) ( 12/09/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu: On December 9th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members and guests went to their local senior center to put on a Christmas music performance. Lots of guests had come too to help out with the performance. There was a range of pieces coming from the classical era to the contemporary era, with some […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (25th) (12/10/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu: On December 10th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members cleaned their local park. To make the clean-up more efficient, members split ways and one group cleaned ½ of the park and the other group focused on their half of the park. Members looked for trash hidden in the bushes, and it was good […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 38th) ( 12/10/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao: On Sunday, December 10, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers arrived to assist with the residents’ pool noodle workout, then helped them stretch out their muscles. They then poured lemonade and water for the residents to hydrate, before taking the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (11th) (12/09/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Saturday, December 9, Murrieta AYLUS members conducted a beach cleanup. They began with looping around the park area, which wasn’t as populated as usual. Finding remaining pieces of food wrappers and other miscellaneous plastics, they then went down to the shore. Finding pieces of plastic tangled inside seaweed, they […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 37th) ( 12/03/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, December 3, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers assisted the seniors with their workout, collecting their pool noodles and leading them through stretches. Then, as snack and drink time arrived, the volunteers poured cranberry juice, water, and […]
Murrieta AYLUS Volunteers at Habitat for Humanity Inland Valley #14– ABWK Senior House Yard Work(12/02/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao: On Saturday, December 2, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to Habitat for Humanity’s senior yard work project. They began the day with a project meeting where the volunteers were split into groups. During the meeting, some of the volunteers received recognition for their participation in many Habitat for Humanity events. […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (24th) (11/26/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On November 26th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members cleaned up their local park. Members started by going around the park and found candy wrappers and some cans. Then, they went on the lawn and scoured the grass for trash. Members then made their way to the playground and looked through the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 36th) ( 11/26/2023)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On November 26th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local senior center, Atria Park of Vintage Hills. Upon arriving, the members signed themselves in before heading to the icecream parlor down the hall. They worked together in serving the customers that came in, one scooping the icecream while […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (10th) (11/25/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Saturday, November 25, Murrieta AYLUS members conducted a beach cleanup. Starting up in the parks, they found loose wrappers from food and bits of plastic littered across the ground. They also picked up some stray bottles and a couple littered bags from dog walkers. Rounding out to the shore, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts Recycling Event to Help Rescued Animals # 13 (11/20/2023)
On Nov. 20, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members continue raising money from recycling for their local animal shelters. Members recycled the bottles / cans at their home and sorted the plastic and aluminum cans to different containers at the recycling center. total earned 17.39 dollars. Volunteers : Aiying Lu / Wei Liu / Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Food Bank (32nd) (11/20/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Monday, November 20, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the Community Mission of Hope. The day began with unloading the black boxes designed to hold produce. The boxes were broken down and transported to the sink, where volunteers worked to then scrub them down. Although they started with […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 35th) ( 11/19/2023)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center (11/19/23) On July 23rd, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out their local senior center, Atria Park of Vintage Hills. After signing in at the front desk, the members helped serve ice cream at the senior center’s ice cream parlor for the weekly Ice […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (9th) (11/18/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Saturday, November 18, Murrieta AYLUS members conducted a beach cleanup. They started in the parks, picking up stray pieces of paper and wrappers, finding that the park was cleaner than usual. The pathway down to the beach appeared to be littered with stray papers that were cleaned up. The […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps STAT Horse Sanctuary (20th) (11/18/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Saturday, November 18, Murrieta AYLUS members volunteered at the STAT horse sanctuary. They began with the horse stalls, pausing occasionally to pet the horses while raking up their waste. They ended up getting a second wheelbarrow as having only one filled up too quickly, and they took turns dumping […]
Murrieta AYLUS volunteers at the Temecula Half Marathon and 5K (1st) (11/11/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Saturday, November 11, Murrieta AYLUS members manned a water station at the Temecula Half Marathon and 5K. Grabbing volunteer shirts, the volunteers boarded a cart to their first stop in the water stations. Mixing the electrolyte drink and pouring the water, they greeted the runners as they passed their […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (23rd) (11/11/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On November 11th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members cleaned their local park. Members split up to clean the park quicker. They found some cans/bottles, scraps of paper, candy wrappers, pencils, and more. After going around the park, they looked through the lawn and then covered the playground. Then, members scoured the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 33rd) ( 11/05/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, November 5, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The residents were given noodles to work out with, then were led through a stretching routine. After they grew tired, the volunteers opened the doors to let in a little sun, […]
Murrieta AYLUS Handmade Blankets for Project Linus to help children in need #2 ( 11/20/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On Nomember 20th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members brought their handmade blankets to donate to Project Linus. The week before, they went out to the store to buy the the blankets. Then at home, members would cut strips on the sides of the blankets and then make knots in each strip. […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a Hand to The Little Garden of Hope Project (24th ) (11/04/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu : On November 4th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members helped out The Little Garden of Hope. Members started by adding fertilizer to one of the beds and prepping it for the new seeds. Then, they watered all the beds, making sure each bed was thoroughly watered. After, members each picked up a […]
Murrieta AYLUS Lends a hand to Murrieta Field of Honor Event ( 2nd) on 11/04/2023
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Saturday, November 4, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to the Murrieta Field of Honor. The volunteers took trips between a truck and the field, placing metal rods in marked areas of the grass. The metal rods were then driven into the grass and secured, while others took the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Clean Up Local Park (22nd) (10/29/2023)
Reported by Hsin Chen (Julie) Lu On October 29, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members hosted a park clean-up at their adopted park, Meadows Park. As usual, the members split into two teams to maximize their time. Along with their usual selection of snack bags, paper waste, plastic straws, ballpoint pens, and bottle caps, the members found […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Centers ( 32nd) ( 10/29/2023)
Reported by Jessica Lu On October 29th, 2023, Murrieta AYLUS members went to help out at their local senior center – Atria Living Center. Members separated and went to the ice cream parlor and the library to set up the piano. At the ice cream parlor, members served seniors happily and talked with them while […]
Murrieta AYLUS Hosts a Beach Cleanup (8th) (10/22/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, October 22, Murrieta AYLUS members conducted a beach cleanup. Circling around the upper park, the volunteers found stray plastics, papers, receipts, and even a hotel key card. Leaving some stray valuables on tables, the volunteers rounded down to the lower parks. Weaving around families and enjoyers of the […]
Murrieta AYLUS Helps Local Senior Center ( 31st) ( 10/22/2023)
Reported by Adora Xiao : On Sunday, October 22, Murrieta AYLUS members lended a hand to local senior centers. At Torrey Pines Senior Living: The volunteers began with assisting the residents with their workout, then gathered up and put away the noodles. They poured drinks and prepared snacks for them, helping some residents drink carefully […]