In March 2025, 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 watershed samples, donate foods & clothes, recycle plastic bags & batteries, pick up trash at nearby parks and trails, […]

During the month of February, AYLUS volunteers made 40 placemats to donate to the Dublin Service Center for the Meals on Wheels program. This month, the placemats theme was “Spring/Nature,” where volunteers used their creative talent to decorate their placemats according to the theme. Then, they laminated their placemats to donate to recipients of the […]

In March, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted 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, […]

On Sunday morning, two members of the AYLUS Chapel Hill branch volunteered to pick up flower donations from the local Trader Joe’s. The flowers will be used by seniors in a creative art project over the next few days. Our volunteers hope that this simple act of kindness will brighten the seniors’ day and add […]

On January 11, 2025, the AYLUS Bridgewater Branch volunteered at Raritan Food Pantry, a local food bank in Raritan. The volunteers helped with stocking shelves, bagging the clients’ food, and cleaning up during closing. Volunteers: Hannah Diao, Sarah Diao, Jonas Liu, Jeffrey Hu (3h each) PS: Forgot to take pictures.

On January 4, 2025, the AYLUS Bridgewater Branch volunteered at Raritan Food Pantry, a local food bank in Raritan. The volunteers helped with stocking shelves, bagging the clients’ food, and cleaning up during closing. Volunteers: Hannah Diao, Sarah Diao, Jonas Liu, Ivy Zhang (3h each)  

On February 8, 2025, the AYLUS Bridgewater Branch volunteered at Raritan Food Pantry, a local food bank in Raritan. The volunteers helped with stocking shelves, bagging the clients’ food, and cleaning up during closing. Volunteers: Hannah Diao, Sarah Diao, Jeffrey Hu, Jonas Liu (3h each)

On February 1, 2025, the AYLUS Bridgewater Branch volunteered at Raritan Food Pantry, a local food bank in Raritan. The volunteers helped with stocking shelves, bagging the clients’ food, and cleaning up during closing. Volunteers: Hannah Diao, Sarah Diao, Annabelle Wong (3h each)

On January 31st and February 1st, volunteers from AYLUS Bridgewater branch helped with setting up and running a community event hosted by the Bridgewater Chinese American Association (BCAA) for Chinese New Year. Thank you to our volunteers: Angela Gong(4 hours on 1/31), Annabelle Wong(4 hours on 1/31), Sarah Diao(4 hours on 1/31), Hannah Diao(4 hours […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou Public libraries are invaluable community institutions that merit both recognition and unwavering support. Our local public library, Pacific Highlands Ranch Library, recently opened on November 9, 2024. The new library is an 18,000 square foot building designed to fit the changing needs of a modern neighborhood. It has a bookstore that […]

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 […]

On March 2nd, 2025, two members of AYLUS San Clemente Branch, Miah Zhou and Tylon Zhou volunteered at Mercy Warehouse located in Laguna Niguel. They contributed three hours of service by assisting with clothing organization. The volunteers checked in at 12:04 PM and clocked out at 2:50 PM. Their main task was sorting out baby […]

AYLUS Roslyn Helps the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County at the Bayville Care Center (42nd) on March 2nd, 2025 On March 2nd, 2025 from 10:30 to 1:30 PM, Roslyn AYLUS joined the residents of CP Bayville group home for an afternoon of fun. CP Nassau provides a variety of programs and services to help […]

On Saturday, March 1st, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS volunteered at a CP Nassau Group Home  (Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County). CP Nassau  is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing quality services for children and adults with cerebral palsy. One of their programs is to provide […]

On Sunday, March 2nd, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch dedicated their time to volunteering at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island’s Chinese school, from 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM. as teachers assistants helping the teacher and kids.  As teacher assistants, we began by welcoming our students and checking the student’s homework. It is also our […]

Reported By Charlotte Chen Posted By Charlotte Chen On the morning of March 2nd, 2025, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for a Loops For Love event. The volunteers that had already participated in a previous Loops For Love event got straight to work on crocheting their hats. Meanwhile, […]

In March, 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 […]

On March 2nd from 1:30 to 4:30, the AYLUS Dix Hills Branch volunteered at the Long Island Chinese School as teacher assistants. Volunteers chose classrooms to help in, (usually the ones they have been volunteered before), assisting with various tasks such as printing assignments, helping teachers retrieve/hand out materials, watching over classes, and escorting little […]

On 3/1/25 West Essex members AYLUS volunteered with the Special Olympic swimming team at JCC Metro West. West Essex members worked as unified partners and assisting coaches to help participants improve their swimming skills. Our members also worked with swimmers with special needs to help them understand the “swimming team” format and learn basic swimming […]

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. These puppies will be the guiding dogs for blind people. 02/09 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(1.5 hours) 02/10 Forest Yang(2 hours), […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025. 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 […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 2/24/25 and 2/28/25. Volunteers coordinated and helped with teaching, warming up, Taekwondo forms, nunchucks, and sparring footwork, so participants who are between 6-15 years old can increase their martial art skills. On 2/28/25 Zoe Leung helped […]

West Essex AYLUS is partnering with Livingston neighbors helping neighbors for a variety of volunteering and donation opportunities this year. PB&J Sandwiches Drive is going to be an on-going activity to support homeless people in Newark. 02/17/25: Kenneth Wu (4 hours) 02/18/25: Samuel Xue (4 hours), Nathan Zhang (2 hours), Ethan Yao (2 hours) 02/19/25: […]

West Essex AYLUS Members collected new and gently used children’s books to give to the Essex Book Pantry. These books will be distributed to children in underserved communities to encourage early literacy skills.    Members:  1 hour: Kailey Kwan 3 hours: Eric Chen, Yolanda Cheung, Summer Li, Orion Lee, Zoe Leung, Katherine Wang, Kenneth Wu, […]

On March 2, 2025, members of AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch volunteered at Kissena Park for their 136th event. Members first gathered in the park’s office, where they checked in and learned about the itinerary for the day. Roxana, the park’s supervisor, separated the members into four groups so that they could complete the event more […]

Gave away 4 mulberry, 4 pomegranate starter plants to Houston and Sugar Land locals.

Reported By Charlotte Chen Posted By Charlotte Chen During the month of February, 2025, various AYLUS Frisco & Plano branch volunteers worked hard to crochet hats for the Loops For Love Project. Some volunteers also decided to crochet hats completely outside of regular AYLUS Loops For Love events. All the volunteers worked hard on their […]

Four members of the AYLUS San Clemente Branch volunteered at FAM Food Pantry on March 1, 2025, from 9am to 12pm. The members first sorted snacks into gift bags and put basic fresh-keeping foods into FAM bags. After that, they helped the staff unload the supplies from the truck. Then they sorted fruits and vegetables […]

On Friday, 2/28/2025, 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 […]

AYLUS member Catherine Sun volunteered at the West University Branch Library, Houston TX. Catherine helped organize and order books. The event took 1.5 hours on every Thursday in November 2024 – December 2024. She totally volunteered 12 hours for this event.

AYLUS member Catherine Sun volunteered at the West University Branch Library, Houston TX. Catherine helped organize and order books. The event took 1.5 hours on every Thursday in September 2024 – October 2024. She totally volunteered 12 hours for this event.

Missouri City Branch member Catherine Sun volunteered at retirement home in Sugar Land, TX. The event took place from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm. It is 1.5 hours on every Saturday in November 2024 – December 2024. She total volunteered 12 hours for this event. Catherine taught people at the retirement home how to fold […]

  AYLUS Open Sky Book Club Hosts 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 speeches, […]

Missouri City Branch member Catherine Sun volunteered at retirement home in Sugar Land, TX. The event took place from 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm. It is 1.5 hours on every Saturday in September 2024 – Oct 2024. She total volunteered 12 hours for this event. Catherine taught people at the retirement home how to fold […]

On February 23, Aylus Syosset volunteer at Long Island Chinese School, allowed us to assist teachers by printing educational materials and preparing resources, ensuring lessons ran smoothly. The volunteers also supported students by looking after them during activities, providing assistance when needed, and encouraging participation. Ensuring the safety of students was a crucial part of […]

On February 2, Aylus Syosset volunteer at Long Island Chinese School, allowed us to assist teachers by printing educational materials and preparing resources, ensuring lessons ran smoothly. The volunteers also supported students by looking after them during activities, providing assistance when needed, and encouraging participation. Ensuring the safety of students was a crucial part of […]