On Saturday, October 19th, from 2pm to 3:30pm, the Great Neck Branch of AYLUS hosted an AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) event at the Great Neck Public Library Parkville branch. AYLUS volunteers helped set up the event and got kids at the library to join. During the event, we read AAPI-themed books to young readers […]

Reported by Anson Ye On 10/20/24, members of AYLUS Syosset volunteered at the Oyster Festival at Oyster Bay to help recycle oyster and clam shells. Volunteers achieved this by collecting oyster and clam shells from those at the festival finished with their meal. Recycling these shells is vital for the environment, as without them, new […]

Reported by Lawrence Tan        Posted by Mateen Benarieb On October 20th, we made pet toys out of old shirts for the animal shelter at Russell Creek Park. Half of us knew how to make them and half of us learned today. We cut the shirts into strips and braided them together. For […]

Reported by Jenny Lin         Posted by Mateen Benarieb On October 19th, nine volunteers from AYLUS set up shop at Russell Creek to fund our project Loops for Love. Our roles often alternated, as people freely went back and forth from advertising to creating the food/drink items. We had cotton candy, boba tea, […]

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 people with hardship in Newark.    Members: Alan Li (1 hour), David Yu (1 hour)

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. 10/13 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(1.5 hours) 10/14 Forest Yang(2.5 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 10/15 Forest Yang(2.5 hours), Aily Wei(1.5 hours) […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 10/14/24 and 10/16/24. 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 10/14/24, the two members (Hebe and […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung and Zoe Leung volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 10/07/24 and 10/12/24. 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. Volunteers also helped decorate the dojang. West […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 10/01/24. 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 (4 hours) and Hebe […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On October 21, 2024, 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 human […]

Activity & Impact On October 19th, 2024, three members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered for a Calles Verdes Tree Planting event in San Fernando from 8:45 AM – 11:45 AM. Calles Verdes is a TreePeople project that aims to beautify the streets of the city and to help improve the health of those […]

On Saturday from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, the Roslyn AYLUS Branch volunteered at NOSH delivers! Food Pantry. When volunteers arrived at Nosh Delivers food pantry in Glen Cove, we were greeted by the adult staff and volunteers. We were directed to do “shelf guiding” today, in which volunteers guide those in need along the shelves where […]

Activity & Impact On October 13th, 2024, nine members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered for the CicLAvia: Heart of LA event in Little Tokyo from 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM. CicLAvia is a large community festival during which streets are closed for bikers and for other forms of active transportation. It is hosted […]

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 18th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on October 14-20, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School  on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. Volunteer activity/location:  Livingston Huaxia Chinese School (Mount Pleasant Elementary School, Livingston) Date:  Oct. 19, 2024 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 […]

West Essex Aylus members donated clothing and shoes to the LHS Band fundraiser which was held on October 20th, 10am to 3pm at the LHS parking lot by the Haines pool. The fundraiser was to help the LHS Band raise funds. West Essex Aylus members searched their houses for items to donate. 1 hour for […]

On October 12th, 2024, West Essex Aylus members volunteered at the 7th Livingston Gourmet Chinese Food Festival at Livingston Senior Center. The 7th Livingston Gourmet Chinese Food Festival where people came and expressed Chinese culture by bringing in many different delicious dishes to give out to everyone. Volunteers helped out by checking people in, passing […]