In November, 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 […]

For the event, we set up a table to raise funds in memory of Amy, the head of the farmers market. We are incredibly grateful to her for giving AYLUS the opportunity to participate in the farmers market, allowing the new generation to engage with the community and contribute to its development. All donations will […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou In the US alone, it is estimated that around 300 million pairs of shoes are discarded each year. The global number of people lacking access to shoes is reported to around 600 million. We partnered with Cal Martial Hearts, a neighboring volunteer organization, to participate in the Used Sneaker Drive. By […]

Reported by Lauren Kan. AYLUS San Diego Branch organized the 8th collection and recycling of used batteries in September 2024. We dropped the batteries to recycle at Staples, where our volunteers collected a total of 15.2 lbs of used batteries. Scientific researchers have claimed that recycling batteries can save 51.3% of natural resources. The recycling […]

Reported by Eric Li On October 11th, 2024, AYLUS San Diego Branch run the volunteer event at San Diego Food Bank. Since its establishment in 1977, the San Diego Food Bank is on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. The San Diego Food Bank provides meals […]

Reported by Eric Li On October 4th, 2024, AYLUS San Diego Branch run the volunteer event at San Diego Food Bank. Since its establishment in 1977, the San Diego Food Bank is on a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. The San Diego Food Bank provides meals […]

Reported by Andrew Chen   Coop with Libraries With Love, the AYLUS San Diego Committee kicked off the 2024-2025 Solution for Hope on-line classes for raising funds to build libraries in Africa. The Tutoring Class Activity continued in the week of October 21, 2024 – October 27, 2024. The goal of tutoring classes is to […]

On Oct 25-26, 2024, West Essex members volunteered to distribute the lawn signs of LifeTown 5K-Run Event on residential areas. Distributing the lawn signs lets more people know and register for the event. The LifeTown 5K-Run joins friends, family and community to walk together to create a greater acceptance and understanding of the unique needs […]

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 (4h), Angela Gong (4h), Hannah Diao (4h), Gabrielle Chien (5h)

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 […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou On October 28, 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 […]

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 19th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on October 21-27, 2024. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

Reported by Lauren Kan On Oct 26th, San Diego students of AYLUS hosted its 28th monthly bottles and cans recycling event. Inspired by the Earth Day 2023, we set a goal to take action and to be a part of the green revolution. The students collected recyclable items and sorted them in a nearby recycling […]

Reported by Lauren Kan On Oct 12th, San Diego students of AYLUS hosted its 27th monthly bottles and cans recycling event. Inspired by the Earth Day 2023, we set a goal to take action and to be a part of the green revolution. The students collected recyclable items and sorted them in a nearby recycling […]

On Sunday, October 27, youth volunteers from ALYUS Great Neck helped decorate and facilitate a local Halloween parade. The Great Neck Park District organized the event, which took place in Steppingstone Park and ran from 9:30 to 11:30 am. Volunteers worked earnestly, placing various Halloween-themed embellishments around the park. As families arrived, the youth volunteers […]

Reported by Zoe Ying We are helping 92130Cares, a non-profit origination that provides food to poor families in 92130. Grocery stores are not allowed to remove broken eggs from a carton, so they donate the whole package to 92130Cares. 92130Cares repackages the good eggs into packages of 6, and the donated egg carton will be […]

West Essex AYLUS Members volunteered Livingston Chinese Association Fishing Contest at Hopatcong State Park, NJ. They helped with various tasks including event set-up, Serving food and drink and fish weighing. At the end, our branch members helped with the final cleanup to close the event. Members(4 hours each): Yicheng Yang and Justin Wang

West Essex AYLUS Members volunteered at Reeves-Reed Arboretum for the Celebrate Fall event. They helped with various tasks including event set-up, games, crafts, and fun activities.  It was a great way to help the community while also welcoming the new season.    Members: Jeremiah Au (3 hours),  Jason Dong (2.5 hours), Sophia Karpov (5 hours), […]

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. 26, 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 […]

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. 10/20 Forest Yang(1.5 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 10/21 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(1.5 hours) 10/22 Forest Yang(1.5 hours), Aily Wei(1.5 hours) […]

During the month of October, AYLUS volunteers made 24 placemats to donate to the Dublin Service Center for the Meals on Wheels program. The placemat theme this month was “Halloween/Spooky,” where volunteers used their creative talent to decorate their placemats according to the theme. Then, they laminated their placemats to gift to recipients of the […]