SMILE 4 Special Needs (#247): SMILE Pearland (#1) on September 28, 2025

AYLUS Pearland PROMIS collaborating with Hummingbird Community Outreach and McGovern Medical School, is excited to announce the launch of SMILE Pearland – a youth-led program supporting individuals with special needs and their families in our community!

About SMILE:SMILE stands for Self-advocacy, Moving toward good health, Independent living skills, Learning basic job skills, and Emotional regulation skills. The program builds on years of experience at the Light and Salt Association’s Special Needs Caring Center and brings fun, skill-building activities to Pearland for the first time.

Launch Event:

• Theme: Healthy Living

Activities Included:

• Icebreaker & Circle Time

• Nutrition Exploration: “Eating the Rainbow” & My Plate game

• Creative Coloring & Drawing

• Mental Health & Emotional Regulation Discussions

• Bucket Drumming

A big thank you to our youth volunteers, McGovern Medical School students, and LSA professionals for making this possible!

Volunteers: Jiarui Cui (5 hrs), Erica Gao (4 hrs), Zoey Dou (4 hrs), Miles Jin (3.5 hrs), Junxi Zhang (3.5 hrs), Christy Zheng (5 hrs)

Parent on duty: Arien Han (Jiarui 4 hrs), Carol Li (Aila Jiang 4 hrs), Jie Zhang (Junxi Zhang, 1 hr), Erica Jiang (Christy Zheng, 2 hr)