During the week before Christmas break, two members of our branch started to collect toys for needy kids. Taige Shi designed a flyer for the event and spread those flyers with Michael Chen throughout the neighborhood after school. They collected toys door-by-door the next day after spreading the flyers. They even prepared a small […]

On Dec 15th, 2024, six members of the Forsyth County AYLUS chapter organized a cleanup event at Fowler Park: Event Details: Date: December 15, 2024 Timings: 3:30PM – 5:30PM Location: Fowler Park, Forsyth County, GA Success: Two full bags of trash collected from the playground, skatepark, basketball courts, and surrounding areas including the path to […]

On Friday, December 7th, from 3-5 PM, the Chatham Aylus Branch helped the Library of the Chathams with tech help. Two Hours: Kevin Wang Michael Lin Ryan Klepper

Reported by Kevin Chen We did book drive to Tulsa Pop! Kids for our ongoing project — African Library project on Dec. 14. Great thanks for the generous book donation from Tulsa Pop! Kids —a local nonprofit organization, and we received 350 in total from them, and this will greatly benefit the kids where we […]

Reported by Eric Chen On Friday 12/20/2024, 2 members of AYLUS Newtown supported an Autism Care Group from 6:45PM  to 8:30 PM. AYLUS volunteers spent a joyful afternoon with an autism care group, bonding through interactive video games. They guided participants with patience, and encouraged teamwork and celebrated every achievement. Laughter and excitement filled the […]

In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) volunteers continued to help our local community at Community Food Bank of New Jersey (31 Evans Terminal Road #1, Hillside, NJ 07205), Mercer Street Friends Food Bank (824 Silvia Street, Ewing, NJ 08628), Princeton Community Kitchen for Low-Income Families, and Rise Food Pantry […]

In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) National Empowerment Education Committee Chair Xing Liao continued hosting a free tutoring program at 19 S 2nd Street, Highland Park, to help local students through a network with Interfaith RISE.  AYLUS has scheduled this Free Tutoring for any elementary, middle, or high school […]

On December 14th, 2024, members of the Aylus Memorial Branch volunteered at Belmont Senior Assisted Living Home (7667 Woodway Dr Houston Tx 77063) from 3:30-4:30 pm. The members played many holiday themed pieces and the seniors were very happy and greatly enjoyed watching and listening to our performers!   Volunteers at this one hour event: […]

Reported by Eric Xie  AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the Beast Academy online class in 2020 during the COVID-19 period. During 2024-2025, we continue cooperating with Libraries of Love to raise funds. The 26th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on December 16-22, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

The AYLUS Birmingham Branch partnered with Grace Klein, an organization dedicated to sharing resources for the purpose of building relationships to ignite restoration of individuals, families, and communities. Grace Klein holds drive-thru sites to fight food insecurities and provides a variety of other resources for families, including baby products as well as school supplies for […]

Over the past few weeks, Bergen branch members have been working hard to gather up shoes to donate to Soles4Souls. We’re hoping that those in need can have warm shoes to last through the new year. The items that were donated were collected over a few weeks and then dropped off at a nearby donation […]

On December 15, 2024, Fullerton Branch members tutored kids ranging from 5th to 6th graders in Coding. They were able to teach the kids the fundamental basics for coding. TOTAL HOURS Eric Wei, David Li:  4 Hours

On December 14, 2024, AYLUS Fullerton Branch members helped distribute and load food at the St. Vincent De Paul Pantry. They aided with several tasks including distributing, breaking down boxes, and packaging food. They aided over 100 families in the Fullerton Area. TOTAL HOURS Eric Wei, Daisy Wei, Ren zhi Pei:  4 Hours

West Essex AYLUS members took Little Sunshine Chorus(The members are all special needs children) to join the Winter Concert at Careone Senior Center East Hanover, NJ for Holiday Greeting, and provide Little Sunshine members more chances for performing. 3 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng,Yaming Wang, Jessica Hao, Jennie Zhang, Isabelle […]

On 12/14/24,  AYLUS volunteers gathered at the Branch president’s house (Alyssa Huang) to fold, count and package AYLUS shirts.  In total, the shipment cost over $4,000 dollars and was for 330 AYLUS shirts.  The members sorted and checked each shirt by size into their respective piles and there was a resulting 110 smalls, 110 mediums, […]

West Essex AYLUS members held a musical class for special needs children at Livingston Genius academy. Members set up classrooms, taught children’s music and simple percussion instruments to enrich the kids with more music knowledge.  Members:  1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Hubert Zhenge, Hadrian Zheng, Jennie Zhang, Jessica Hao

  West Essex AYLUS members held a musical class for special needs children at Livingston Genius academy. Members set up classrooms, taught children’s music and simple percussion instruments to enrich the kids with more music knowledge.  Members:  1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng.

West Essex AYLUS members held a musical class for special needs children at Livingston Genius academy. Members set up classrooms, taught children’s music and simple percussion instruments to enrich the kids with more music knowledge.  Members:  1.5 hours – Valentina Zheng, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng, Jennie Zhang

West Essex AYLUS members held a musical class for special needs children at Livingston Genius academy. Members set up classrooms, taught children’s music and simple percussion instruments to enrich the kids with more music knowledge.  Members:  1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Jessica Hao，Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng.

West Essex AYLUS members held a musical class for special needs children at Livingston Genius academy. Members set up classrooms, taught children’s music and simple percussion instruments to enrich the kids with more music knowledge.    Members:  1.5 hours – RRena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Isabel Ni, Serena Ni, Jennie Zhang

West Essex AYLUS members held a musical class for special needs children at Livingston Genius academy. Members set up classrooms, taught children’s music and simple percussion instruments to enrich the kids with more music knowledge. Members: 1.5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Isabel Ni, Serena Ni, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng.

In November 2024, Alina Yu from AYLUS Edison branch led the English Enrichment Program four times online. Each time, the member carefully prepared materials in advance and distributed them to the participants, giving lively presentations and interacting with the participants at the sessions. Over the years of leading the program, the member has developed a […]

In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its holiday greeting event to first aid and rescue squads, firefighters, police officers, and so many real heroes in our community, who sacrifice a lot to save lives, and deserve our honor and respect, especially in this holiday season. The Westfield Rescue […]

On Friday, December 13th, from 3-5PM, the Chatham Aylus Branch helped the Library of the Chathams with the preparation, clean up, and management of the Snow Globe craft. Two Hours: Kevin Wang Emily Kelley Lilah Nydam Michael Lin

Since fall 2024, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) volunteers, who are primarily middle and high school students, have been putting on “Music for Healing” concerts for the Special Education audience, bringing talent, charisma, and joy to the students.  During these concerts, AYLUS invites around 6 of its members to put […]

On December 14, 2024, members from AYLUS Oakland Gardens volunteered at Weeping Beech Park from 9 AM to 12 PM for our 133rd event. During this event, we partnered with Maureen Regan again and worked with Frank from Green Earth Urban Gardens, NYC Parks employee Mattia, and other volunteers at the park. During this event, […]

Reported by Albert Chen On Sunday 12/15/2024, members of ALYUS Newtown branch hosted a holiday card making event. Participants brought and shared color pencils, stickers, markers, templates, ideas. Members customized their cards, making them unique by drawing cheerful holiday themed pictures, adding colorful stickers and writing thoughtful and joyful messages. This collaborative effort was from […]

The AYLUS Morris Branch recently led a successful food donation drive to combat food insecurity while supporting the local community. With dedication and teamwork, members actively reached out to residents, businesses, and schools, collecting various non-perishable food items such as canned goods, pasta, rice, and snacks. The drive showcased the community’s generosity, with an overwhelming […]

In December 2024, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its conservation, a continuing effort for the GPA students to put their influence on the local community since 2018. GPA conservationists collect donated foods & clothes, recycle plastic bags & batteries, pick up trash at nearby parks and trails, and have […]

On Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 1 to 4 PM, Aylus Roslyn volunteers went to the CP Nassau’s Bellmore residential home to spend time with the residents there. CP Nassau is an organization that assists individuals with disabilities. CP Nassau provides people with disabilities quality programs that will help them reach their best life. Once […]

On Sunday, December 15th, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island’s Chinese school from 1:30PM – 5:00PM. Our jobs as volunteers was to become teacher assistants and help students with various activities and classwork. Today we had an additional task of helping make sure the end of the year […]

Planted 2 Mulberry trees at Memorial Park to support Reforestation effort of Sugar Land parks.

Reported By Charlotte Chen Posted By Charlotte Chen On the morning of December 15th, 2024, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for a crochet event for the Loops For Love Project. The AYLUS volunteers already knew how to crochet a hat, so once they arrived, they got straight to […]

AYLUS Santa Clarita Valley members volunteered for Metrolink Vista Canyon Holiday Express Train event on Sunday, December 15, 2024 from 7:30am to 1:20pm at the Vista Canyon Station: 27550 ½ Vista Canyon Blvd, Santa Clarita CA 91350 with about 2,000 attendees. They helped to ensure a seamless and enjoyable event for all guests, with a […]

Reported by Victoria Liang Posted by Jenny Wang In the recent event of cotton candy  and balloon making on Dec 14 , volunteers raised a total of $180 for the children’s hospital . Raising money by making cotton candy and balloons for a children’s hospital is a fun way to show the importance of volunteering. […]

Reported by Melody Zhang Posted by Jenny Wang On Saturday, December 14th, 2024, members of the AYLUS Plano & Frisco branch volunteered their time to fundraise at the Third Monday Trade Days flea market for the Plano Children’s Hospital. Two shifts of volunteers set up a stand to sell hand-made bracelets, crochet creations, and rings. […]