In February 2025, 6 members of the AYLUS San Clemente Branch donated used batteries to San Juan Capistrano Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center. Recycling batteries is good for the environment because the toxic materials within the batteries can be released into the environment and pose serious threats to not only wildlife but also human health. […]

On February 1, 2025, volunteers came to Fertile Groundworks to help out in the garden. They were responsible for sifting through compost. We were glad to be able to make a difference! Thanks to our volunteers: Nicole Sun (3 hrs) Pranay Chopra (3hrs) Tanish Das (3hrs) Shaun Coutinho (3hrs)

From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturday, February 22, 2025, the Bellaire Branch of AYLUS volunteered at Books for Development (3709 Polk St, Houston, TX, 77003).   Books for Development is a non-profit organization that gathers donated books and uses volunteers to sort and ship them to libraries and schools in developing countries. First […]

On Feb 26th, 2025, two members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch—Brenna Li and Aurick Guo, — held an in-person weekly tutoring session at 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 assisted two middle school students with their math […]

On Feb 19th, 2025, two members of the AYLUS-Columbus branch—Brenna Li and Estella Li, — held an in-person weekly tutoring session at 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 assisted four middle school students with their math […]

Reported by Jerry Yang Lake Washington Branch The fifth online 3D modeling camp was hosted on 2/23/2025, and was taught by Jerry Yang with assistance from Kevin Chen from 11:00am to 12:30pm. After a long 2 week break, students had a recap of Blender features such as selecting modes in edit mode, orthographic views, and […]

Reported by Max Yang On February, 2025, from 1:00 to 3:00PM, Volunteers from the San Diego Branch of AYLUS organized and participated in the Computer for Kids Lab, repairing and cleaning electronic devices in order to prepare them to send to children of low-income families. This helps the kids achieve academic success through possible access […]

   Reported by Andrew Zhou   On February 24, 2025, AYLUS San Diego Branch made sack lunches for Interfaith Community Services. Interfaith Community Services, founded in 1979, is a nonprofit based in San Diego, CA. The organization provides food, housing, employment, treatment and other emergency resources for local people in crisis.  Food is our most basic […]

On February 22, 2025, AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch members went to Alley Pond Park Forest Restoration at Northern Blvd and 234th Street. This was our 135th event at AYLUS Oakland Gardens. We worked with the Stewardship team to help mulch the trees from 9:30 am to 12 pm. During the event, Max Liu and Rebecca from […]

Reported By Charlotte Chen Posted By Charlotte Chen On the morning of February 23, 2025, AYLUS volunteers gathered at the Lexington County clubhouse for a crochet event for the Loops For Love project. Many volunteers had attended previous events, so they got straight to work right away. Other volunteers were new to the Loops For […]

In February 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, […]

Reported by Colin Xie On February 23rd, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 248th 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 […]

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

West Essex AYLUS members and My Circle of Friend organized a joint event for those sr. people at Livingston Car One for seasonal greetings. They coordinate over 10 different performance shows and gain a lot of appreciation from the senior center. Members and duration: 5 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Yaming Wang, Isabelle Ni, […]

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 and duration: 1 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Annie Qi, Yaming Wang, Isabelle Ni, Serena Ni, Owen He

In February 2025, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) called its members to collect gently used sporting shoes, school supplies, and medicines for Senegal children, as well as assisting an Africa Cries Out medical service team to provide local people much needed healthcare services. Africa Cries Out was birthed through the […]

On February 22, 2025, youth volunteers from the AYLUS Rancho Cucamonga Branch gathered at the ALFC Generosity Center in Rancho Cucamonga for another impactful day of community service. United by their commitment to making a difference, the volunteers arrived early in the morning, eager to dedicate their time and effort to assisting families in need. […]

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 33rd Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on February 17-23, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

On Friday February 21st, from 11:00 AM to 13:00 PM, the AYLUS Roslyn Branch had the privilege of performing at the CP Nassau Special Concert Auditorium with the Syosset Fortune Star Band. The Roslyn Music Group is made up of talented musicians from all across Roslyn who dedicated their time to perform and spread music […]

Reported by Kevin Chen This past weekend, our volunteers organized several book drives in the neighborhood, collecting gently used children’s books for our African Library Project. They went door to door, explaining our library project to neighbors and friends. Their book donations provided great encouragement to our volunteers. These volunteers and their contributions are: Neddy […]

On February 23rd, 2025, 2 volunteers from our community branch worked on packaging robotics kits for a local organization, Kits4Cause. These dedicated volunteers carefully packaged BristleBot and Car kits, ensuring each kit was quality and organized. The kits will be used during free robotics workshops at elementary/middle schools, YMCAs, libraries, and more, providing young students […]

On February 22nd, 2025, 2 volunteers from our community branch worked on packaging robotics kits for a local organization, Kits4Cause. These dedicated volunteers carefully packaged BristleBot and Car kits, ensuring each kit was quality and organized. The kits will be used during free robotics workshops at elementary/middle schools, YMCAs, libraries, and more, providing young students […]

On Saturday, February 22nd, the Aylus Great Neck Branch Hosted an AAPI event at the Parkville Library. When the volunteers arrived they set up the chairs and tables in preparation for the children. Once the children had arrived Irena Jiang and Zoe Xia began by reading the books “Danbi’s Favorite Day” by Anna Kim and […]

On February 23rd, from 1:30 to 4:30, AYLUS volunteers helped at the Long Island Chinese School located at SUNY Old Westbury.  Over the course of three hours volunteers were dispersed to different classrooms. In each classroom they helped with various tasks, like mentoring students in class, printing extra copies of tests and helping clean up […]

Activity & Impact On February 8, 2025, three members of the AYLUS North Hollywood Branch volunteered at a Compost Hub in Cottonwood Urban Farm from 9am-1pm. This Compost Hub was established by LA Compost and works to reduce landfill waste. Volunteers helped turn food scraps provided from the community into compost to be reused. Activities […]

In February, 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 […]

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. 02/16 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 02/17 Forest Yang(1.5 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. 02/10/25: Kenneth Wu (4 hours), Carson Yu (2 hours), Jessica Yu (2 hours), Jiahui (Chloe) Wang (2 hours) 02/11/25: […]