Thanksgiving is a time for togetherness – a chance for families to gather around the table and share a warm, comforting meal. But for many in our community, financial struggles mean they may go without this cherished meal in their own homes. With our AYLUS San Clemente members’ help, we donated more than 100 pounds […]

This Sunday, a group of volunteers visited a local nursing home to distribute world peace ribbons and entertain the residents there. The first five volunteers who arrived were brought upstairs to the third floor, where they proceeded in passing time with a group of residents by playing a game involving rolling a marble across the […]

Reported by Karen Li Posted by Karen Li In Oct and Nov, AYLUS members continued the community drive about collecting and donating crayons. AYLUS members wanted to collect these crayons to ship to Crayon Initiative to help keep the crayons out of landfills and back to the creative hands of children. During the time, community […]

Reported By Charlotte Chen Posted By Charlotte Chen On the morning of November 24th, 2024, AYLUS Frisco & Plano Branch members gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for a crochet event for the Loops For Love Project. Lots of new members showed up, so more senior members of AYLUS taught them the basics of how […]

Written By Felix Zheng On November 23rd, the Syosset AYLUS participated in volunteering at the Long Island Native Plant Initiative. We stayed indoors due to the cold weather and focused on preparing for winter. When plants are left outside during winter, they typically enter a state of “dormancy,” meaning they significantly slow down their growth, […]

Reported by: Kevin Dong Posted by: Karen Li On November 23, AYLUS (Alliance of Youth Leaders in the United States) members enjoyed a meaningful morning with their special needs friends at DCFC. Each volunteer paired with a friend, guiding them through activities that emphasized social boundaries, respect, and body flexibility through dancing. In the second […]

On Sunday, November 24th, from 10:30 to 1:30, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch had a very special visit to the CP Nassau Bayville location. Along with our usual activities, two music groups performed for the residents: the AYLUS Roslyn Music Group and the Syosset Fortune Star Band! The Roslyn Music Group and the Fortune Star Band […]

On Saturday, November 23, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS was joined by the Syosset Branch to volunteer at a CP Nassau Group Home in Levittown. CP Nassau (Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County)  is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing quality services for children and adults with […]

Reported by Eric Chen On Sunday 11/24/2024, 8 members of AYLUS Newtown participated at a local park to plant 10 trees from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. Our volunteers recently gathered at Tyler State Park to plant ten native trees. We carefully dug holes and placed each tree together, then added mulch and a cage […]

On November 24, 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, Michelle Li:  4 Hours

On November 23, 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 Michelle Li, David Li, Ren zhi Pei, Daisy Wei, Eric Wei, […]

In November, 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 Scotch Plains […]

In November, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) members volunteered at the 2024 Mercer County Turkey Trot 5K Run/One-Mile Walk hosted at Mc Caffrey’s (335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550) and in the West Picnic Area (Mercer County Park, West Windsor, NJ 08550). The Annual Mercer County Turkey Trot […]

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 […]

Reported by Lawrence Tan Posted by Karen Li On 11/22/2024, we volunteered at a nonprofit called  Feed My Starving Children in Richardson to pack MannaPack Rice. The nonprofit sends food to 90+ countries to feed children who otherwise cannot get an education or get out of bed. It started at 7:15 and ended at 9. […]

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 23rd Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on November 18-24, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

Reported by Lucas Zhang   On Friday 11/22/2024, 2 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) and Albert Chen participated, teaching from 6:00pm to 7:00pm.   Our volunteers taught two different classes, one for […]

On November 2, 2024, members of AYLUS Cupertino branch conducted online tutoring event to teach Ukraine student English. We helped the student in both reading and written parts of English. We want to contribute in every way we can to propel Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction and longer-term economic & social development. Members that participated were: Truman You, Feinan […]

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. 11/17 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(2.5 hours) 11/18 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 11/19 Forest Yang(1.5 hours), Aily Wei(1.5 hours) […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Nov. 23, 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 […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 11/18/24. 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 11/22/24, volunteers Zoe Leung, Jaden Leung, […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 11/11/24. 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. West Essex members: Jaden Leung (2 hours), […]

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. 11/18/24: Yichen Tang (4 hours), Zoe Leung (4 hours), Zihua Zhang (4 hours) 11/19/24: Yichen Tang (4 hours), Summer […]

Reported by Lexin Zhu The AYLUS Mclean Branch participated in the Greeting Card Making Event on November 11th, 2024, from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We plan to give the greeting cards to local senior homes. During this event, we wrote caring messages and drew lovely illustrations on handmade greeting cards, hoping to bring warmth […]

On Sunday 11/17/24, from 12:30 P.M. to 2:30 P.M. The members of the Great Neck AYLUS branch teamed up to clean Stepping Stone park in preparation for the winter season. We were instructed to rake up dead leaves and pack them up into bags for composting. Then, we pulled weeds out of the flower beds […]

Aylus Great Neck Branch Volunteer at Bethpage State Park on November 23rd, 2024  On 11/23/24 from 9 AM to 11 PM, the AYLUS Great Neck branch and the Syosset branch worked to turn a previously weed-ridden field into a place where many plants could flourish. Bethpage State Park is a park with beautiful forest trails, […]

This week, Ian Ian Ho and Yingyan Xia volunteered at their local art studio. There they were in charge of watching and helping the kids with drawing. Along with aiding them with their exceptional art skills, they also made a drawing on the whiteboard to inspire the kids. The kid’s prompt for this week was […]

On 11/19/2024, AYLUS Great Neck hosted a tutoring session in the Station Branch of the Great Neck Library. We met at the library at around 6:00 PM. This session, we had many people arrive who wanted to learn a variety of different things. Many of them needed help with their general school homework, so Sophia […]

Gave away 3 mulberry, 2 moringa, 3 gardenia and 3 pomegranate starter plants to Houston and Sugar Land locals.

On the evening of Friday, November 22nd Syosset AYLUS members gathered together at the Long Island Harvest Food Bank at the turkey drive. As the holiday season approaches quickly, food insecurity is an increasing problem for all: especially on Long Island. Over 200 thousand people on Long Island struggle with acquiring adequate food that is […]

Reported by Kaylin Chen Today, the Greater Tulsa Branch of AYLUS successfully promoted and fundraised for our African Library Project. The goal of this initiative is to establish a small library for children in rural Africa, helping them develop through literacy. To make this happen, we need to collect 1,000 children’s books and raise approximately […]

Report by Elva Chen On November 23rd 2024, members from both Syosset and Roslyn visited a CP Nassau Group Home in Levittown to help out the residents in various activities. The first activity was making thumb print cookies. The volunteers helped the residents with mixing in the ingredients like eggs, flour, sugar, butter and salt. […]

Reported by Anson Ye On 11/23/24, members of AYLUS Syosset cooperated with members of AYLUS Great Neck at the Bethpage State Park to rake debris and rip off tarps that the park had previously placed down. Members from both branches first used rakes and shovels to dispose of debris such as leaves and branches that […]

On November 22 2024, Greater Buffalo Branch Aylus Instrumental Team members volunteered with Bridges From Borders in their OneWorld Choir to help participants create long-lasting relationships that extend far beyond the choir’s rehearsals. Volunteers helped unite the community to develop long-lasting relationships and especially focused on helping immigrants and refugees, creating a supportive community here […]

On November 22 2024, the Aylus Greater Buffalo branch, in partnership with Bridges from Boarders and Buffalo Chess Association, launched BFB#OneWorldChessClub. The program aims to promote diversity, inclusion, and friendships among people of different ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities through the game of chess. This program is dedicated to creating a welcoming and supportive environment where […]

In November, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted the Winter Clothing Drive for Charity Organizations.  No one should go cold this winter. The health effects of extreme cold are life threatening. Families who were already struggling are now at severe risk, and many cannot pay their utility bills. The need […]