On December 11th, 2024, three members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch, Brenna Li, Estella Li, and Aurick Guo, held an in-person weekly tutoring session at the Abbey Church Village in Dublin, Ohio. This community is part of the national church residences and serves low-income families, including new immigrant families. AYLUS Columbus members helped 3 elementary or […]

West Essex AYLUS members performed at the New York Consulate Performance. Spreading Chinese culture through their singing. Members also helped with stage coordination, musical/vocal performance, and English/Chinese translation.   Members:  (4h each): Valentina Zheng, Isabell Ni, Serena Ni, Yaming Wang, Ella Chai, Jessica Yu, Yaxuan Wang, Gabriel Au, Iris Wang

West Essex AYLUS members performed at the Presbyterian Church to deliver peace to the community. Members helped with stage coordination, musical/vocal performance, and rehearsal assistance.   Members:  4 hours – Isabell Ni, Serena Ni, Yaming Wang, Rena Wang, Ella Chai, Gabriel Au, Jessica Yu, Iris Wang

West Essex AYLUS members participated in a charity performance of Starry Star at the Presbyterian Church for the Thanksgiving show. Members helped with stage coordination and performance.   Members:  3 hours – Rena Wang, Yaming Wang, Isabel Ni, Serena Ni, Ella Chai, Gabriel Au, Iris Wang

West Essex AYLUS members baked a variety of delicious desserts and cookies at home during 12/3/2024 – 12/4/2024 for Livingston High School Winter Concert reception. Livingston High School Winter Concert is the biggest youth concert during holiday season. It promotes the music education and brings holiday celebration and joy to the community. This event not […]

Seesaw vision center hosted a free community health screening for dry eye disease and corneal conditions on Dec,8,2024. West Essex AYLUS volunteers played an important role in assisting with attendance, registration, and guiding patients through the screening process. This event was instrumental in raising awareness about eye health and providing valuable resources to the community. […]

On Dec. 8, 2024, West Essex AYLUS members were invited to charity perform with starry arts children’s chorus at the Parsippany Baldwin Oak Senior Center. Members helped with pre-show set-ups, stage management, makeup, and performance. Baldwin Oak Senior Center is a unique community resource that offers a comprehensive array of programs and services for older […]

Members from AYLUS Bellaire volunteered at Ed White Elementary school on December 7th, 2024, from 9am to 12pm. The main focus of the program is to help elementary school students learn more. The AYLUS members helped 3rd, 4th and 5th graders with math, reading and science. Through more practice, the students improved their accuracy and […]

On Sunday, December 10th, volunteers from the AYLUS Columbus Branch returned to the Senior Star at the Dublin Retirement Village. Volunteers played music on the saxophone and piano. The residents enjoyed the music and the event was another great success. Volunteer Hours: 1.5 Hours: Ayden He 1 Hour: Vincent Li, Eric Hong, Austin Xiao, Eric Zheng

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Dec. 07, 2024. Volunteer activity/location: Livingston Huaxia Chinese School (Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Livingston). Activities – Teacher Assistant, helped in the main office to figure out the volunteer tasks, helped with the morning traffic direction, and helped around the information desk. Teaching Violin in […]

Aylus West Essex members, Aily Wei and Forest Yang, volunteer to raise Seeing Eye Puppies. They raised and trained their puppies with many commands such as walking, resting, lying down, sitting, and much more. 12/01 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 12/02 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 12/03 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) […]

In time for the season of giving, the AYLUS Bellaire branch hosted a clothing drive to donate clothes to the Houston Children’s Charity (HCC) Closet Program. The HCC Closet Program provides new and gently used clothing and shoes to children and their families, giving them a stress-free shopping experience at no cost.    The volunteers […]

Reported by: Yuqi Nie On December 7, 2024, volunteers from the AYLUS Syosset Branch, Yuqi Nie and Jonathan Bao, along with their parents, participated in an environmental stewardship event at the Jones Beach State Park Energy & Nature Center. Under the guidance of volunteer coordinator Michael, the group engaged in invasive species removal and pollinator […]

Four members from the Morrisville branch hosted Candy Drive to support Brown Bag Ministry. Team members went out to the neighborhood to collect extra candies from Halloween. They have collected total of 53LB candies!!! Claire Zhong: 0.5h Taylor Zhong: 3h Lucy ZHAO: 2h Mandy Xiao: 2h

Gave away 2 pomegranate starter plants to Houston and Sugar Land locals.

In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported local libraries, such as the Summit Free Public Library, West Windsor Public Library, Montgomery Public Library, Plainsboro Public Library, Livingston Public Library, and more. BECOME A VOLUNTEER: HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Library Programs (teaching Chess, tutoring, etc.) Book sorting (categorize […]

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 […]

Activity & Impact On November 27, 2024, four members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered for a trash clean-up in the Devonshire & Balboa area from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM. AYLUS volunteers collected about 20 pounds of trash in the area, and all volunteers from the entire event totaled about 70 pounds of […]

Activity & Impact On December 7, 2024, four members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered for a trash clean-up in North Hollywood from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM. AYLUS volunteers collected about 70 pounds of trash in the area, and all volunteers from the entire event totaled nearly 400 pounds of trash. Members & […]

Reported by Jenny Lin Posted by Jenny Wang On December 8th, 11 AYLUS volunteers visited the City of Plano Animal Shelter to donate hand-crafted pet toys made from fabrics of old clothes. Each volunteer had spent hours folding and tying these fabrics into pet toys weeks prior, and were now ready to pass them on […]

December 3rd 2024 . Great neck AYLUS hosted an tutoring session at Great Neck station branch from 6:00—7:00 . A total of 4 students participated in the volunteer activity today . Xiaomiao Yao reads stories to children and took them to draw pictures. Lia Huang also helped a lady read English. Sophia Li reads English […]

On December 7th, Rising Horizons Director Ethan Li hosted an informational meeting with Dr. Peter Bui about AI in karyotyping and giving advice to High School Students about careers in both AI and Biotech. How AI can change the clinical diagnostics –A direct talk with top scientist Ethan Li: 3 Hours

On Friday, 12/6/2024, 3 members of AYLUS taught students ranging from third-graders to ninth-graders in various math topics at the local Chinese school, the Newtown Yardley Chinese School. Lucas Zhang (Event Leader), Albert Chen and Alex Hu participated, teaching from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Our volunteers taught two different classes, one for younger students […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou Smiling Stars Reading Program is a new project by AYLUS San Diego and kicked off on September 23, 2023. This program serves a dual purpose: to facilitate meaningful connections with local children with autism and improve their communication skills, while simultaneously improving their foundational reading comprehension skills. Our commitment is not […]

Report by Andrew Zhou Two AYLUS members wanted to use their table tennis skills to teach Chinese seniors in the community. On December 6 , 2024, they taught some basic table tennis techniques to the seniors and played games with them. The seniors really enjoyed it, with one of them mentioning how it was his […]

  AYLUS Open Sky Book Club Hosts Autumn Reading Marathon, Kicking Off World Read Aloud Day, Cary, NC – This summer Reading Marathon was successfully concluded with the praise of many participants. To welcome more participants, we will launch more reading activities that cater to different interests and styles. There are history and culture, celebrity […]

Reported By: Bryan Wang On 12/7/2024, members of Aylus’ Farmington branch volunteered at the Second Annual Holiday Drive sponsored by Hartford Healthcare’s LGBTQ+ resource group. The volunteers helped preparing and distributing toys, clothes and food for 23 families in need.   Bryan Wang: 4 Hours Connor Jiang: 4 Hours Kyning Sun: 4 Hours Angelina Wang: […]

Reported by John Zhang Posted by Jenny Wang Our project is to collect batteries and recycle them to help preserves earths precious resources. Our members took time to collect batteries from neighbors for recycling. On December 7th 2024, we brought all our collected batteries for recycling at Frisco environmental collection center. Not only did we […]

On December 6th, 2024, Opelika’s annual Christmas Parade took place right before the Snopelika, Opelika’s beloved annual holiday event. Thousands of local citizens gathered to see over 90+ parade entries and the lighting of a brand-new 72-feet-tall Christmas tree. AYLUS Auburn Branch helped break down 400 barricades and load them onto trucks after the parade, […]

Reported by Sarah Tao The AYLUS Mclean Branch participated in a Thanksgiving Food Drive in Reston Community Center on November 28, 2024 from 9 am to 11 am. During this event we were able to sort a variety of foods with many others within this community. We retrieved hundreds of foods from a pantry that […]

Reported by Karen Zhou Posted by Ellie Zhou On December 7th, we made 20 pet toy kits to prepare for the craft activity in the AGAPE Special Needs program at DCFC. We first cut the collected old t-shirts into 1-inch wide long strips, then we tied 4 strips together to create each kit. We made […]

On December 7th, 2024, members of the Aylus Memorial Branch in Houston, Texas volunteered at Memorial Assistance Ministries (MAM). These volunteers helped separate clothes and tidy up the place by re-organizing the clothes to give customers a better shopping experience. Participants: Evan Nguyen (4 hours), Charlie Rogan (3.5 hours), Lynette Li (3 hours), Katherine Guo […]

Reported by: Tianlu (Alex) Zhou Posted by: Karen Li On December 1, 2024, Alex and Karen, two super-dedicated volunteers met at Jeanie’s Art Studio, got to work making Christmas cards for the teachers at DCFC Special Needs. They also spent hours carefully preparing Christmas-themed craft supplies and designing super-thoughtful cards for teachers like Ms. Joyce […]

In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) Empowerment 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 subjects for […]

In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued the Crafts for Hope program to support cancer patients. Caring For Others One Stitch At A Time. Since June 2024, GPA participants have learned how to crochet chemo hats for cancer patients. No previous experience needed. Limited materials provided.  For our project, […]

Reported by Terry Lin Posted by Karen Li On December 6th, starting at 7:15 PM, ten AYLUS volunteers gathered at Feed My Starving Children, also known as FMSC. We first watched an introductory video and it taught us how we were going to pack our food for the Dominican Republic. First, we had to wear […]