Columbus, OH

Status: HONOR

 

Branch-of-the-Year Awards: SIX year in a row!!!

2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23

Branch-of-the-Month Awards:

2023 (JAN, FEB, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEPT, OCT, NOV, DEC);

2024 (JAN, FEB)

 

About Us

AYLUS Columbus Branch, founded in June of 2016, is a student-run volunteer group for residents of Columbus, Ohio who aim to make a difference in their community. We started with 8 members and grew to around 30 members from 2016 to the beginning of 2022. Since 2022, we have had great expansions and currently have 115 members, including 84 Grades 6-12 members and 31 college members! We have organized more than 420 volunteering events!

Examples of Our Signature Recurring Projects:

  • Dublin Ferris Wright Park Community Garden: weekly in growing season, established by Catherine Harman in 2023
  • K-12 Tutoring Program at Abbey Church Village: established by Brenna Li in 2022
  • Mental Health Card-Making for Celebrating One: established by Brenna Li in 2023
  • Dublin Giving Garden: weekly in growing season, established by Max Wang in 2021
  • Annual Dublin Community Service Day since 2018
  • Meals-on-Wheels Placemat Project: 4-5 times a year, established in 2018
  • Music performances at Senior Star: bimonthly, established by Amy Xuan in 2016
  • And More!

Our mission is to provide extracurricular opportunities for students of middle school and high school levels with a goal to lend a helping hand to anyone in need. We hope to foster a lifelong sense of dedication, principle, and ethic for our members so that we will carry the same sense of service with us in the future even when our paths part. Whether it be musical performances, tutoring, fundraising, or simply the incline to assist others in any way you can, we welcome you and your ideas to the Columbus Branch of the Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States and support any contributions made to the Columbus community and beyond. We believe we can spread our values of leadership and cooperation to expand our group, celebrate volunteerism and diversity, widen our horizons and truly make a Positive Difference.

Our college alumni members also continue participating in or leading AYLUS-Columbus volunteering events. We welcome and appreciate their bringing in new volunteer opportunities and sharing their college volunteering experiences.

Founders: Aidan Li, Alice Nie, Amy Xuan, Eileen Liang, Jason Guo, Mark Wang, Michelle Lin, and Michelle Zong. Founding Advisor was Shawn Zong.

Advisors: Dakun Wang and Jennifer Harman at ayluscolumbusbranch@gmail.com

Current Branch Student Leadership Team

 Position Name Email
 President Catherine Harman catharman25@gmail.com
 President Brenna Li brennali2007@gmail.com
 Vice President Ayden He
 Vice President Maggie Zhang
 Vice President Estella Li
 Student Mentor Rachel Zhu rachelzhu06@gmail.com
 Student Mentor Andrea Yu andrea07yu@gmail.com
 Student Mentor Max Wang

  College alumni mentors: Andrew Xia (Engineers Without Borders-OSU), Aidan Li (NIH All-of-Us       Research Program Promotion)

Total Branch Member: 115 members

 

  Grades 6-12 Branch Members: 84 members

 Position Name Note
 Member Grace Guo
 Member Nicole Lin
 Member Andrea Yu
 Member Caroline Xi
 Member Brenna Li
 Member Catherine Harman
 Member Emma Yu
 Member Rachel Zhu
 Member Katie Lu
 Member Angela Zheng
 Member Ethan Liu
 Member June Ni
 Member Sitan Gao
 Member Max Li
 Member Drean Szablewski
 Member Christina Jin
 Member Maxillian Wang
 Member Jessica Li
 Member Eliana Chung
 Member Enoch Chung
 Member Kerrie Cheng
 Member Brian Xia
 Member Jeffrey Xie
 Member Olivia Wang
 Member Carey Yi
 Member Ayden He
 Member Hannah Fan
 Member Grace Fan
 Member Eric Zheng
 Member Eric Zhang
 Member Maggie Zhang
 Member Sophie Zhuang
 Member Ben Huang
 Member Angie Feng
 Member Tiany Guo
 Member Avery Li
 Member Helen Kan
 Member Jonas Kan
 Member Fuga Takahashi
 Member Chuqiao Guan
 Member Estella Li
 Member Ethan Victor Liu
 Member Andrew Meng
 Member Eric Liu
 Member Senona Shuai
 Member Rachel Tong
 Member Kyle Jiang
 Member Evan Liang
 Member Alex Zhang
 Member Daniel Zheng
 Member Ryan Li
 Member Aimee Zhang
 Member Henry Wang
 Member Hannah Wang
 Member Kyle Xuan
 Member Austin Xiao
 Member Esther Wang
 Member Shiqi (Bella) Lin
 Member Marcus Li
 Member Alex Liu
 Member Joseph Guo
 Member Audrey Lu
 Member Henry Lu
 Member Lilya Zhang
 Member Lyla Yi
 Member Angela Wang
 Member Ruiyan Xu
 Member Eason Wang
 Member Vicky Wang
 Member Yuhan (Hannah) Zhang
 Member Brandon Wang
 Member Aurick Guo
 Member Baohan Hou
 Member Claire Zhao
 Member Lucy Liu
 Member Joe Liu
 Member Allen Su
 Member Vivian Chen
 Member Sofia Wu Wu
 Member Lucas Zhang
 Member Devin Zhao
 Member Jason Luo
 Member Yibao Joy Wu
 Member Alex Burton
 Member Jason Luo

 

  College members: 31 

 Position Name Note
 Member Andrew Xia
 Member Angelika Lili-Susanto
 Member Justin Wu
 Member Joseph Lin
 Member Patrick Wang
 Member Mark Wang Moved and co-founded the Chapel Hill branch of AYLUS
 Member Xin Chen
 Member Derek Han
 Member Bill Zhu
 Member Lawrence Zhang
 Member Andy Yu
 Member Eileen Liang
 Member Jason Guo
 Member Amy Xuan
 Member Alice Nie
 Member Michelle Zong
 Member Michelle Lin
 Member Stanley Cao
 Member Claire Li
 Member Misha Lee
 Member Jacob Liu
 Member Kevin Hong
 Member Justin Guo
 Member Aidan Li
 Member Ethan Chung
 Member Alain Welliver
 Member Dorian Tricaud
 Member Gavin Ni
 Member Evan Yu
 Member Dustin He
 Member Gary Ding

 

Management Team and Advisor History

2022-2023: Andrea Yu, Rachel Zhu, Catherine Harman, Brenna Li, Max Wang, Dustin He, Kevin Wang
2021-2022: Dustin He, Kevin Wang, Andrea Yu, Rachel Zhu, Christina Jin, Patrick Wang, Angelika-Lilli Susanto, Erica Shen
2020-2021: Erica Shen, Angelika-Lilli Susanto, Dustin He, Kevin Wang, Patrick Wang, Aidan Li
2019-2020: Eileen Liang, Aidan Li, Amy Xuan, Alice Nie, Jason Guo
2018-2019: Michelle Zong, Eileen Liang, Michelle Lin
2017-2018: Jason Guo, Aidan Li, Eileen Liang, Michelle Lin
2016-2017: Amy Xuan, Alice Nie, Michelle Zong
Previous advisors: Shawn Zong (2016 – 2022) and Shuangmei Zhao (2018 – 2020)

 

Volunteer Events

2024

April (the 423rd event)

March (the 420th event)

February (the 413th event)

January (400th event)

2023

December (389th event)

October (366th event)

September

August

 

July

June

May

April

March

2022

2021

2020