On October 27, 2024, members of the AYLUS Bridgewater branch held a sale at the Warren Flea Market to raise money for the Children’s Specialized Hospital of Mountainside. Volunteers helped manage the fundraiser and assisted buyers. Volunteers: Jeffrey Hu (2h), Angela Gong (2h), Hannah Diao (2h), Gabrielle Chien (3h)

Reported by Tanya Fu               Posted by Mateen Benarieb On October 27th, 2024, 3 volunteers gathered together from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM to crochet small amigurumi items. During this event, our volunteers revisited a successful pattern to create a little bird amigurumi.  Not only did some of our new […]

The AYLUS Lake Washington Branch Coding Club Project Team hosted an online intermediate scratch session on October 27, 2024, marking the sixth class in the 10-week series for the 2024 Fall Scratch Coding Camp.   This program is designed for students who have completed our 2024 Summer Camp.Each week, instructors guide students through the creation […]

Reported by Tianlu(Alexander) Zhou Posted by Karen Li On October 26th, AYLUS 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 part of the session, the volunteer leader led […]

On Sunday, October 27th, 2024, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered at the Chinese Cultural Association of Long Island’s Chinese school from 1:30 – 5:00 PM. The volunteers helped as teacher’s assistants caring for and helping the kids.  The TAs helped the teachers by providing as much help and support as possible to reduce any stress […]

On Sunday, October 27th 2024, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch volunteered for the AHRC Foundation for their annual AHRC Foundation Walk at Eisenhower park from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Our jobs as volunteers was to help manage tattooing and face painting, which required us to help apply temporary tattoos and paint guest’s faces, hands, or […]

On Oct 26th, 2024, West Essex branch volunteered with Livingston Township at the annual Halloween Haunted Trail Event. Friday, Oct. 25th and Saturday, Oct. 26th 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Livingston Senior Community Center at 204 Hillside Ave. Take a twisted walk through the woods where the dead have risen to life! 5:00 to […]

On October 27th, 2024, West Essex members participated in Livingston Soccer Club’s annual collections of gently used soccer clothing and equipment. These items will be shipped to Ghana through adoptonevillage.com with the mission of helping change lives through the hope.  West Essex Members (1 hour each): Forest Yang, Ethan Yang, Evan Yang, Andrew Zhou.

Reports by Zhi Wang Posted by Mateen Benarieb The AYLUS Face Painting team was invited to provide face painting services for children at CCCFC Fall Festival on October 26. The event organizers requested the team prepare 8-10 different face painting designs. To ensure the best results, the volunteers dedicated time on October 24 and 25 […]

On October 26th and 27th, 2024, members of AYLUS Puget Sound hosted two 1.5 hour long concerts for Sunrise of Redmond and  Aegis Gardens Newcastle. A total 24 volunteers performed 24 performances at these two concerts. MCs: Caileen W  ​          James L  ​Performers: Stephanie W, Leland C, Alyssa L, Vivian W, […]

Reported by Amelia Kuo             Posted by Mateen Benarieb Today, our team of AYLUS members have collected a total of 1,050 books for the 7th African Library Project. The African Library Project is dedicated to creating and improving libraries across Africa for children. AYLUS is proud to be able to collect […]

Report by Jenny Lin Posted by Mateen Benarieb On the evening of October 26, 2024, nine members of our Frisco Plano volunteered at Russell Creek playground in Plano for a fundraising event. We set up tables and sold Boba, Floats, and Cotten Candy. We aim to raise funds to support the “ Loop for Love […]

Reported by Amelia Kuo                Posted by Mateen Benarieb Today, our AYLUS members have sorted 1,050 books for AYLUS’s 7th African Library Project. The African Library project is dedicated to creating and improving African children’s libraries. We will be shipping 1,050 books to Kenya as AYLUS’s 7th ALP. Our […]

On Sunday, October 27, the Chapel Hill Branch held a special volunteer event to create beautiful handmade gifts for Kits to Heart! Our dedicated members spent hours crafting lovely origami pieces to contribute to cancer care kits for this amazing nonprofit that supports cancer patients emotionally. Everyone worked hard, putting their hearts into each gift […]

On a bright and sunny Saturday morning, AYLUS Chapel Hill volunteers gathered at Dry Creek Trail for their monthly community cleanup! From 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, our volunteers, Luna and Yi, spent an hour and a half picking up litter along the trail and near the school field. Their efforts made a positive impact […]

Reported by Colin Xie On October 27th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 234th online English for the Elderly activity. The goal of this activity is to help elderly men and women from China learn the basics of English so that they’re able to use them in their daily lives. Due to the current […]