On 9/8/24 and 9/15/24, members of the AYLUS East Cobb Branch, Jerry Xu and Kaisen Li, conducted a youth mentoring program for elementary school students. The purpose of the program was to provide academic support and life skills guidance to young learners, while also engaging them in physical activities to encourage teamwork and personal development. […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Jan. 18, 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 December 2024, AYLUS members volunteered for Books for Africa, an organization which receives books and donates them to Africa for others to read. Volunteers worked to sort, arrange, and pack up the books to be shipped. Kaila Li: 10 hours (12/20/2024 2hours, 12/23/2024 2 hours, 12/27/2024 2 hours, 12/30/2024 2 hours, 12/31/2024 2 hours) […]

In September 2024, AYLUS members volunteered for Books for Africa, an organization which receives books and donates them to Africa for others to read. Volunteers worked to sort, arrange, and pack up the books to be shipped. Participants and Hours: Annie Zhu: 2 hours (9/23/2024) Jonathan Lu: 2 hours (9/24/2024) Kaisen Li: 2 hours (9/25/2024))

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. 01/12 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 01/13 Forest Yang(2.5 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. 01/06/25: Zihua Zhang (2.5 hours), William Sun (2 hours), Andrew Zhou(3 hours) 01/07/25: Zoe Leung (2 hours), Jessica Yu […]

On Sunday afternoon, 1/18/2025, at Kendall Hall of The College of New Jersey, in order to enhance cultural and artistic exchanges between China and the United States, the Starry Art Chorus was invited to participate in the famous tenor singer Yuqiang Dai’s concert “Dai Sings. Music Welcomes the Spring/New Year Concert”. Aylus west Essex Music […]

West Essex AYLUS members held a calligraphy class for special needs children at Livingston Genius academy. The Main purpose was to teach them how to write FU characters in Chinese by using a brush on red paper to celebrate Lunar New Year’s coming. Members and duration: 2 hours – Rena Wang, Jennie Zhang, Jessica Hao, […]

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:  2 hours – Rena Wang, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng, Annie Qi

Written By Felix Zheng On January 18th, the Syosset AYLUS Organization volunteered at the Long Island Native Plant Initiative greenhouse. We had a large group of volunteers, allowing us to divide into smaller teams and complete a variety of tasks efficiently. Our activities included cleaning the greenhouse, sifting seeds, making new pots, and moving cylinder […]

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 28th Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on January 13-19, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

Reported by Colin Xie The AYLUS San Diego Branch organized a Community Cleanup Event at Canyon Crest Academy on January 8, 2025. Trash pollution is a prevalent issue in many parts of the world today, harming the environment as well as wildlife within the area. We believe that as global citizens, it is our mission […]

Reported by Colin Xie On January 19th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 243rd 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 Colin Xie On January 12th, San Diego students of AYLUS organized the 242nd 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 […]

In January 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 MLK Day, January 20th, 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 08628), Princeton Community Kitchen for Low-Income Families, and […]

On MLK Day, January 20th, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) supported the West Windsor Art Council (952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction, NJ). The 7th annual MLK Day of Service featuring service projects and donations supporting local organizations who help our neighbors in need. GPA joined West Windsor Arts and African […]

On Friday 1/17/25, two members of AYLUS Newtown and another presenter presented a tennis information session from 7:15 PM to 8:15 PM at the Newtown Yardley Chinese School. They presented on tennis during high school and possibilities at reaching the college level to play tennis. They also discussed the different rating systems in tennis field […]

On Friday, 1/17/2025, 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 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Our volunteers taught two different classes, one for younger students […]

In early January, various wildfires broke out across Los Angeles County, causing massive amounts of destruction to infrastructure all across the county. The Palisades Fire, which has burned 23,713 acres, has been 56% contained, and the Eaton Fire has destroyed 14,021 acres and has been 81% contained. At least 27 people have died and thousands […]

On January 18, 2025, in celebration of Chinese New Year, Austin Branch volunteers handmade an assortment of cookies, including rich chocolate and pecan cookies, classic vanilla and milk cookies, and delicate sugar cookies. The volunteers spent hours mixing and baking the treats, adding a personal touch to every batch. These homemade delights were donated to […]

On January 18th, 2025, from 9:00-11:30 am, two AYLUS members from the San Clemente branch volunteered at the FAM food pantry. The members first sorted fresh produce into different categories, while tossing out those that had gone bad. After that, the members went to go pack bags of snacks. Finally, they went to sweep and […]

For the months of winter, AYLUS Scottsdale prepared and donated shoes to the Soles4Souls Donation Drive at Designer Shoe Warehouse by Jan 3rd, 2025. This drive provides the homeless and needy with shoes that were previously unwanted and unused. By cleaning and donating these shoes, we hope to support vulnerable populations and also put our […]

Throughout the months of winter, AYLUS Scottsdale members preparing clothes to donate and donated by Jan 2nd 2025 to Savers or Goodwill. The purpose of this event was to donate old or new clothes to those in need. This event served as winter cleaning for various AYLUS families but also to give back to those […]

On January 14th 2025, AYLUS Great Neck Branch  hosted  another library tutoring session with one of the higher member counts and higher participants. From 6:00 PM  to 7:00PM we helped with the usual requests of English and math with additional tasks of playing with the little kids. Two volunteers helped with entertaining their participants with […]

On January 18, AYLUS members volunteered at the Chinese New Year Gala. Members set up an arts and crafts table with fun activities such as paper lantern making and origami for kids to do. Other volunteers also helped guide visitors and even performed in the show. Thank you to the following members for participating: Anna […]

On January 18th, 2025, 4 members of the AYLUS Morrisville Branch volunteered at the Brown Bag Ministry in Apex. We made sandwiches for local low-income families. In addition, we also assembled food bags with sandwiches, snacks, and sweets. This is a great way to give back to the community. Volunteers: Kerry Luo (2 hours) Aaron […]

On January 18th, 2025, 4 volunteers from our community branch worked to package 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 January 19th, 2025, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, members of the AYLUS Bellaire branch volunteered at the Houston Food Bank.   Volunteers worked in the carousel area of the Houston Food Bank and were assigned to first sort. Volunteers sifted through donations and tossed out products that were expired or opened. Donations were then […]

On Thursday, January 16, 2025, CP Nassau came to the Roslyn Branch of AYLUS to pick up gathered clothing. CP Nassau (Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County)  is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to providing quality services for children and adults with cerebral palsy. Since the New Year, 24 members from the Roslyn AYLUS […]

Report by Bradley Fang On Jan 18th, 2025, AYLUS Cheshire Branch volunteers dedicated their time to volunteer at a local program designed to help students in need of tutoring. The tutoring is available to all ages with a focus on math and reading comprehension skills. The volunteers would help the students who were in need […]

On Jan 18th, The Chapel Hill Branch launched a project where we attached our branch tag to handmade heart-shaped pillows. The idea for this project came from our member, Grace Gao, who wanted to find a creative way to share our mission with the community. The tags were designed by Luna Chen and Yi, and […]