Basking Ridge, NJ

Status: HONOR

  • Branch of the Month Award: 2023 (May)

  • Branch of the Month Award: 2024 (January)

  • Branch of the Month Award: 2024 (February )

Starting on July 2, 2015, AYLUS has thousands of student members now registered with the 150 branches across the United States. On March 16, 2016, four Ridge students Albert Gu, Daniel Woo, Brian Yoon, and Jimmy Yu founded the Basking Ridge (NJ) Branch for the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS). After they graduated from high school, AYLUS Basking Ridge is under the new leadership team.  Current leaders are Ethan Zhang, Olivia Chen, Kevin Jin, Isabelle Qi,Kenneth Cheng and Emily Jin.

Basking Ridge Branch

The Basking Ridge branch of AYLUS, located in Central New Jersey, is focused on using music, helping senior citizens, and providing relief to those who need it as ways to give back to the community.

We believe that music is one of the most powerful ways to communicate with an audience and it would be amazing if we could spread our love of music to others in the community. However, as the Basking Ridge branch of AYLUS has grown in size and influence, we have expanded to include a much larger variety of activities to help the community. Although we originally focused our mission on spreading the impact of music, we recently expanded our operations to include all sorts of other activities. For example, members of the Basking Ridge branch of AYLUS have worked with local food banks to provide food for families in need. AYLUS Basking Ridge members also meet every week at the Fellowship Village, a living home for senior citizens, to help residents with technological problems or difficulties with their devices.

From June of 2022 to April 1st, 2023, AYLUS Basking Ridge members organized and participated in a wide range of activities to benefit the community. These included large-scale events such as organizing celebrations for the town’s Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival; collecting disaster relief materials for victims of the recent earthquake in Turkey; frequently performing for charity at local nursing homes and veterans’ centers; hosting and organizing the weekly iPad Club for senior residents at the Fellowship Village; and working with the Feeding Hands organization to help bring food to needy families and individuals throughout the area. AYLUS Basking Ridge is now preparing for fundraising on-site volunteer service in cooperation with Good Grief, one of the most influential non-profit organizations in New Jersey.

We hope that in holding events in a larger variety of ways, the impact of the Basking Ridge branch of AYLUS will be felt among different members in terms of both crucial aid and ordinary enjoyment as well.


Orientation for New Team Members:

Welcome to the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States (AYLUS)

Volunteer Liability Release Forms: 

(New Members & Parents Must Sign the Forms Prior to Participating)

Volunteer_Liability_Release_AYLUS


PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD (PVSA)

Proud to be an official certifying organization for PVSA, we reward all substantial contributions of active members who have accumulated qualified amount of community service hours during our award year (May 1 to next April 30).

 

By PVSA guidelines, AYLUS has the full discretion how to verify and accept service hours. We reserve the rights to decline those with artificially inflated hours or obscure nature.

Hours by Award Bronze Silver Gold
Kids (age 5-10) 26–49 50–74 75+
Teens (age 11–15) 50–74 75–99 100+
Young Adults (16-25)* 100–174 175–249 250+

*Age Criteria: For PVSA 2023-2024, you are a Young Adult if your were born on 10/1/2007 or earlier.

    • Along with the hours report , download then submit an Application Form (PDF):

    Aylus_PVSA_Application_Form

    • Apply by May 1st. Send both documents to: yangxiaojia@hotmail.com

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OUR AWARD WINNERS

 

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch 2022-2023 PVSA Winners:

Olivia Chen (Silver), Emily Jin (Bronze), Isabelle Qi (Bronze), Claire Zhang (Bronze) Ethan Zhang (Gold)

 



Branch Leadership

Position  Name Email
President (2023-2025) Ethan Zhang ethanbzhang@icloud.com
Vice President(2023-2025) Olivia Chen      Oliviachen88@gmail.com
Vice President(2023-2025) Kevin jin          kevjin07@gmail.com
Head of Communications (2023-2025) Isabelle Qi         iqmps2018@gmail.com
Head of Volunteers(2023-2025) Kenneth Cheng      hungryhippo9001@gmail.com
Head of Concert(2023-2025) Emily Jin            emilyjinlife@gmail.com
2022-2023 Leadership Ethan Zhang, Kevin Jin, Andrew Gu, Juliet Bu, Stephanie Lu Advisor: Yu Jin & Michelle Yang
2019-2022 Leadership Andrew Gu, Sara Ouyang, Juliet Bu, Stephanie Lu Advisor: Yu Jin & Shannon Yu
2016-2019 Founder and Leadership Albert Gu, Daniel Woo, Brian Yoon,  Jimmy Yu Advisor: Yu Jin & Shannon Yu
Advisor Michelle Yang yangxiaojia@hotmail.com
Advisor Sally Zhou sallyzhou@hotmail.com
Advisor Sophia Hu sohu88@gmail.com

 

Branch Members 

Name School
Selin Daskiran Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School
Kevin Chen Ridge High School
Olivia Chen Ridge High School
Kenneth Cheng Ridge High School
Chelsea Cui
Angelina Gao Pingry
Angelina Huang Ridge High School
Emily Jin Ridge High School
Kevin Jin Delbarton School
Katie Cui
Anya Knudsen Ridge High School
Charlotte Liu Ridge High School
Jeremy Liu William Annine Middle School
Oscar Liu William Annin Middle School
Ryan Liu Mount Prospect Elementary
Alice Ma Hillsborough Auten Road Intermediate School
Lily Mei Pingry
Mira Mei Pingry
Zeming Pan William Annin Middle School
Yige Zhou Ridge High School
Isabelle Qi Ridge High School
Richard Qi William Annin Middle School
Clarence Wu Gill St. Bernard’s school
Kaylie Shook The Hun School
Ruolin Yuan William Annin Middle School
Tonia Wu Far Hills Country Day School
Michelle Wang Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School
Yirui Xu Ridge High School
Angelina Yang Ridge High School
Madison Yu Ridge High School
Yihao Zeng Ridge High School
Claire Zhang William Annin Middle School
Ethan Zhang Ridge High School
Rupert Zhang William Annin Middle School
Ben Zhang Mount Prospect Elementary
Chole Zhou William Annin Middle School
Ethan Zhou Newark Academy
Madeline Zhu Pingry

Activities:

2023 May—2024 May

AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club in Fellowship Village on 5/6/23(6th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 5/13/23(7th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch volunteered at Feeding Hands on 5/13/23 (3rd)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch hold the 1st concert in Fellowship Village on 5/14/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 5/20/23(8th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch volunteered at Feeding Hands on 5/20/23 (4th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch volunteered at Bernards Township Charter Day Art Show on 5/20/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge Members Performed in Brookdale Senior Living Center on 5/21/2023
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch volunteered at Feeding Hands on 5/27/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch Member Performed at NJ Veteran Memorial Home on 5/27/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 6/3/23(9th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch volunteered at Good Grief 5K on 6/4/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 6/10/23(10th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Members Performed for Seniors on 6/11/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 6/17/23(11th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch hold the 2nd concert in Fellowship Village on 6/18/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 7/8/23(12th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch Member Performed at NJ Veteran Memorial Home on 7/8/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 7/15/23(13th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 7/22/23(14th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 7/29/23(15th)
AYLUS BR 3rd Monthly Concert at Fellowship Village on July 30, 2023
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 8/5/23(16th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 8/12/23(17th)
Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 8/19/23(18th)
Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 8/26/23(19th)
Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 9/2/23(20th)
Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 9/9/23(21st)
AYLUS BR 4th Monthly Concert at Fellowship Village on 9/10/23 (4th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 9/16/23(22nd)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 9/30/23(23rd)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Helped the Farmstead Art Center set up their Fashion Show Fundraiser on 9/30/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteered at Farmstead Art Center Fashion Show Fundraiser on 10/1/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge members performed in Dunham Park Mid-Autum Festival Celebration on 10/1/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 10/7/23(24th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge performed on Farmstead Arts Center Journey through the past art show 1st day 0n 10/7/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge performed again in Journey through the past art show at Framstead Arts Center on 10/8/23
AYLUS BR 5th Monthly Concert at Fellowship Village on Oct. 15th, 2023
AYLUS Basking Ridge Performed in Somerset county diversity Festival on 10/15/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteered and performed in Bernards township Mid-Autumn Day Festival on 10/21/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 10/22/23(25th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge joined GPA to do the 2023 Nationalwide winter clothing drive in Oct.,Nov. and Dec.
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 11/4/23 (26th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 11/11/23 (27th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 11/18/23 (28th)
AYLUS BR 6th Monthly Concert at Fellowship Village on Nov, 19th, 2023
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 12/2/23 (29th)
AYLUS BR Joined Bridgewater Branch and performed in the Concert at Avalon on Dec, 3rd, 2023
Basking Ridge Branch joined Warren Branch to package meals in the movement to end hunger on Dec 9th
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 3/2/24 (36th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 3/9/24 (37th)
AYLUS BR Joined Bridgewater Branch and performed in the Concert at Chelsea on March 10th,2024,
AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteered at YMCA SIM program on 3/16/24 (4th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 3/16/24 (38th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 3/23/24 (39th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteered at YMCA SIM program on 3/23/24 (5th)

 

2022 May–2023 May

AYLUS BR Branch Supports local library fundraising event on 6/18/2022
AYLUS Basking Ridge Aids Fundraising for Feeding Hands (Garage Sale) On June 26, 2022.
AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteers at FAHVI 5k Run on August 13th,2022
AYLUS Basking Ridge Volunteers in Bernards Township Mid-Autumn-Day Festival On September 10, 2022.
ALYUS Basking Ridge Branch volunteered at Science & Technology Showcase on October 2, 2022
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch Visits Fellowship Village and Performs for Seniors (10/9/2022)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch visited Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home on 10/22/22
Basking Ridge AYLUS performed at EB Mayor Cohen’s Charity Fund 2nd Annual Gala on NOV. 9th,2022
AYLUS Basking Ridge volunteers at Purple Swan fundraising concert for the Mental Health Association in NJ Nov. 20,2022
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch supports local Library by organizing fundraising envelopes on Nov. 19, 2022
Basking Ridge AYLUS volunteer and perform in GPA 5th Youth Benefit Concert on 12/10/2022
Basking Ridge AYLUS member Performs for Seniors at Wilentz Senior Residence in Somerset (3rd) on January 8th, 2023
AYLUS Basking Ridge Members Performs and volunteers to support King’s Academy of Dance Arts on 1/15/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch member performed at Brookdale Senior Living in Hillsborough on 1/22/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge AYLUS Members supported local Lunar New Year Celebration with Art on 1/22/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch visited the NJ Veterans Memorial Home on 1/29/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch works closely with Basking Ridge Chinese American Association and host the 1st Lunar New Year Celebration in Ridge High School on 1/29/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch member performed in Bridgewater Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration on 2/5/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch Performed in Brookdale Senior Living Center on 2/19/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch organized Disaster Relief Drive for Turkey Earthquake Survivors and delivered the donations to New York on 2/21/23
Basking Ridge Branch volunteered at Feeding Hands on 3/4/23
Basking Ridge Branch starts a new volunteer program at Feeding Hand in Bridgewater on 3/11/2023
AYLUS Basking Ridge members participate virtual concert to support earthquake relief in Turkey on March, 2023
AYLUS Basking Ridge Members performs in Brookdale Senior Living on 3/19/23.
AYLUS Basking Ridge Start iPAD Club in Fellowship Village on March 25,2023 (1st)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD club to Fellowship Village on 4/1/2023,(2nd)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch Good Grief 5k Prep meeting with Good Grief on 4/7/2023
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch weekly iPAD Club in Fellowship Village 4/8/23 (3rd)
AYLUS Basking Ridge weekly iPAD CLUB in Fellowship Village 4/15/23(4th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Concert Prep meeting with Fellowship Village on 4/19/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch Performed in Brookdale Senior Living Center on 4/23/23
AYLUS Basking Ridge Weekly IPAD CLUB in Fellowship Village on 4/29/23 (5th)
AYLUS Basking Ridge Performed for Seniors at Wilentz Senior Residence in Somerset on April 30th, 2023

2021-2022 May

AYLUS Basking Ridge Promotes Unity and Inclusion at March 27th Rally & Vigil
AYLUS Basking Ridge Sends Spring Greetings to Local Senior Centers via Virtual Recital
AYLUS Basking Ridge Shares Another Spring Virtual Recital with Local Seniors
AYLUS Basking Ridge Meets the Mayor during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
AYLUS Basking Ridge Performs at Meet The Mayor July Meeting
AYLUS Basking Ridge Performs Live at Farmstead Arts Center
AYLUS Basking Ridge Joins Friends at Farmstead Arts Center on A Journey through the Past
AYLUS Basking Ridge Performs at Town Center Christmas Tree Set Up
AYLUS Basking Ridge Introduced Lunar New Year at Fabric of Bernards Event
AYLUS Basking Ridge Performs at Ridge Art Exhibit

2020

AYLUS Basking Ridge Give New Year Performance for Local Seniors on January 1st, 2020
AYLUS Basking Ridge Launches Fundraiser for No Kid Hungry
AYLUS Basking Ridge Joins Regional Chamber of Commerce during Christmas Celebration
AYLUS Basking Ridge Provides Soundtrack for Regional Chamber of Commerce Holiday Greetings

2019

AYLUS Basking Ridge Performed for Local Seniors on August 4th, 2019
AYLUS Basking Ridge Performed for Local Seniors on October 6th, 2019
AYLUS Basking Ridge Performed for Local Seniors on November 3rd, 2019

2016-2018

AYLUS Basking Ridge Branch Established
Basking Ridge Branch Held Successful Disaster Relief Benefit Concert

 

Our Retired Members

Thank you for your services and the time you all dedicates to AYLUS Basking Ridge. We wish you the best in your future endeavors.

Juliet Bu* Harvard University
Albert Gu* University of Pennsylvania
Andrew Gu* Stanford University
Fiona He* Rutgers University
Claire Ho* Cornell University
Megan Jin* Stanford University
Sharon Jin* Columbia University
Kevin Ju* New York University, Stern School of Business
Andrew Kim* Cooper Union
Sean Lee* Emory University
Evan Li* University of Michigan
Stephanie Lu* Carnegie Mellon University
Sarah Ouyang* University of Cambridge
Andrew Qin* University of Washington St. Louis
Helen Shen* University of Michigan
Nicole So* Tufts University
Alexandra Szabo* Fordham University
Andrew Szabo* Ridge High School
Kevin Tang* Yale University
Daniel Woo* Cornell University
Brian Yoon* Vanderbilt University
Jimmy Yu* Rutgers University