The Aylus Morris branch continues its commitment to supporting the local community through its monthly donation to the Methodist Church. This month on 1/29 afternoon the branch donates approximately 30 pounds of food, including chips, biscuits, and a variety of canned goods, to help those in need, particularly during the harsh winter months. This contribution […]

On Saturday, January 25th, 2025, members of the Roslyn AYLUS Branch volunteered at one the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County group homes from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. CP Nassau is an organization dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities reach their highest levels of independence. We started off with making non-alcoholic jello shots, where residents gathered […]

On January 29th, the Lunar New Year’s Day and a No School Holiday, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS supported the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK, 72 1/2 Escher Street, Trenton, NJ 08609). The Trenton Area Soup Kitchen feeds the hungry and offers programs and services to encourage self-sufficiency and improve quality […]

Reported by Lauren Kan On Jan 11th, San Diego students of AYLUS hosted its 33rd 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 January 29th, the Lunar New Year’s Day and a No School Holiday, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) volunteers continued to help our local community at Community Food Bank of New Jersey (31 Evans Terminal Road #1, Hillside, NJ 07205), Mercer Street Friends Food Bank (824 Silvia Street, Ewing, NJ […]

On January 29th, the Lunar New Year’s Day and a No School Holiday, 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 […]

On Saturday, January 25, 2025, from 9:00am to 12:00pm, Roslyn AYLUS members volunteered at NOSH delivers. NOSH Delivers is a food pantry with the purpose of providing food and other supplies to families in need. We began with breaking excess cardboard boxes down, folding them so they can be thrown away neatly and efficiently. Then, […]

On Jan 25th, 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale attended an FMSC event to help give back to children in impoverished conditions around the world. Members packed, stored, and processed parts of Soy, Rice, Vegetables, and Vitamins for those who are starving from malnutrition. Members that attended include: Session 5 (2hrs each) William Chu Junxi Wu Alex Jiang  […]

On January 28, 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 human need, yet thousands of […]

Throughout the months of December 2024 and January 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale volunteers have been dedicating their time and effort to create warm and comforting blankets for children in hospitals. On Jan 18th, 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale members finished their fourth batch of blankets to be donated to Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Through meticulous effort, members procured, cut, […]

Throughout the months of December 2024 and January 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale volunteers have been dedicating their time and effort to create warm and comforting blankets for children in hospitals. On Jan 12th, 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale members finished their third batch of blankets to be donated to Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Through meticulous effort, members procured, cut, […]

On Jan 11th, 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale attended an FMSC event to help give back to children in impoverished conditions around the world. Members packed, stored, and processed parts of Soy, Rice, Vegetables, and Vitamins for those who are starving from malnutrition. Members that attended include: Session 5 (2hrs each) William Chu Yanming Wu  Jason Zhu  […]

Throughout the months of December 2024 and January 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale volunteers have been dedicating their time and effort to create warm and comforting blankets for children in hospitals. On Jan 4th, 2025, AYLUS Scottsdale members finished their second batch of blankets to be donated to Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Through meticulous effort, members procured, cut, […]

In January, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported the local community for Lunar New Year Celebrations. GPA volunteers helped with booth setup, check in, games, and recruiting new members at the celebration events. GPA volunteers at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center (1/28, 4 hrs): Eric Li, Sean Xu, Kiki Liu, […]

Written By Felix Zheng The Syosset AYLUS organization went to the Long Island Native Plant Initiative, where we worked on sifting seeds using special graters and a trash bin to collect the seeds. Some benefits of sifting seeds include Removing debris: Soil often contains rocks, twigs, roots, and other debris that can impede plant growth […]

On January 26th, from 1:30 to 4:30, AYLUS Dix Hills volunteers helped at the Long Island Chinese School. This time the school was celebrating Lunar New Year, so all the students were relocated into a separate building to watch the festivities. AYLUS volunteers helped guide their classes to the assigned seats at the viewing halls. […]

Reported by Jerry Yang Lake Washington Branch The second online 3D modeling camp was hosted on 1/26/2025 and taught by Jerry Yang and assisted by Kevin Chen. Students were introduced to the Edit Mode inside Blender and taught how to use tools like extrude, inset, bevel, knife, loop cuts, and learned additional modeling tips. They […]

AYLUS members together with Starry Children Chorus supported the American Youth Spring Festiva Gala held in American Dream, to further enhance the lunar new year culture immersion. Members and duration: 3 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Isabelle Ni, Serena Ni, Iris Wang, Gabriel Au, Suvi Kuo.

support Snake Lunar new year concert at NJPAC, AYLUS members support all the related logistics works incl. but not limited to make-up, dressing changeover for younger chorus members, rehearsal, food arrangement and hospitalian.  All the preparation was from 1:30PM to 7:30PM.  Members and duration: 6 hours – Rena Wang, Valentina Zheng, Ella Chai, Jessica Yu, […]

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. 01/19 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 01/20 Forest Yang(1.5 hours), […]

On Jan. 25, 2025, West Essex Aylus Volunteers helped Livingston Public Library Lunar New Year Celebration at 10 Robert H Harp Dr, Livingston, NJ 07039 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. West Essex Aylus members helped to take care of the performer kids, lead them to the stage and help to distribute and assemble the Lantern crafts. […]

On Jan. 25, 2025, West Essex Aylus 4 members volunteered to wear Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and Fortune God Costume for the fashion Show in the AAPI New Jersey Lunar New Yeawr Celebration at Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042. This family-friendly celebration returns to the Montclair Art Museum […]

In January, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued the Crafts for Hope program to support cancer patients. Caring For Others One Stitch At A Time. Since June 2024, GPA participants have learned how to crochet chemo hats for cancer patients. No previous experience needed. Limited materials provided. For our project, […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. 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 […]

In January, 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 […]

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. 01/20/25: Andrew Zhou (3 hours), Scott Yao (3 hours) 01/21/25: Zoe Leung (2 hours), Kenneth Wu (4 hours) 01/22/25: […]

On Friday 1/24/2025, 3 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), Albert Chen, and Alex Hu participated, teaching from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Our volunteers taught two different classes, one for younger students and one […]

AYLUS members are actively volunteering in the Rutgers World Food Prize Research Project through the NJ 4-H Global Food Security Coalition club. Our dedicated volunteers meet weekly to develop research projects focused on addressing global food security challenges. Through this initiative, members gain a deeper understanding of critical global issues, engage in hands-on learning, and […]

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. 01/13/25: Ethan Tang (2 hours), Jessica Yu (2 hours), Carson Yu (2 hours), Andrew Zhou (3 hours), Scott Yao […]

AYLUS members are actively volunteering in the Rutgers World Food Prize Research Project through the NJ 4-H Global Food Security Coalition club. Our dedicated volunteers meet weekly to develop research projects focused on addressing global food security challenges. This week particularly, representative members also went to Rutgers University for the writing retreat event on Saturday […]

On January 26th, 2025, West Essex members volunteered in the Love Serving Autism tennis class offered to special needs children at West Orange Tennis Club. The program provides inclusive therapeutic racquet sports instruction for neurodivergent children to enhance communication, motor coordination, life skills, and behavior on and off the courts. In the class, the coaches […]

On 1/25/25 West Essex members AYLUS volunteered with the Special Olympic swimming team at JCC Metro West. West Essex members worked as unified partners and assisting coaches to help participants improve their swimming skills. Our members also worked with swimmers with special needs to help them understand the “swimming team” format and learn basic swimming […]

West Essex members Jaden Leung, Hebe Leung, Zoe Leung, and Jeremiah Au volunteered at Taekwondo classes for children on 1/06/25 and 1/08/25. 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 […]

Reported by Sophia Li Posted by Jenny Wang On January 26th, 2025 we volunteered at Mckinney High School Performing Art Center for the Chinese New Year celebration, raising money for the Children’s Hospital in Plano. Most of the people there were wearing traditional articles of clothing or dressed up for their performances. Their dresses were […]

Reported by Deyang Liu Posted by Jenny Wang On the afternoon of January 25th, we gathered at the Village of White Rock Creek for a crafting session. Using various old, clean, pure cotton clothes, we cut them into strips and followed a video tutorial step by step to learn the process. During this volunteer activity, […]

On January 25, 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. Working from 7:20 AM to 1:00 PM to pack canned foods and sort fruits and vegetables for families in need. Each volunteer contributed 5.5 hours of service. […]