In February, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) hosted 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, […]

Reported by Kailang Du Posted by Daniel WangOn February 2nd, AYLUS volunteers set up a booth at the 99 Ranch Market to raise money for Children’s Hospital. At the event, we sold marshmallows, food, backpacks, and more. By locating the event at the entrance of the supermarket, people will be more likely to purchase something […]

Reported by Ryan Ma Posted by Daniel Wang On February 7, 2025, we volunteered alongside other AYLUS members at the non-profit organization Feed My Starving Children, starting at 7:15 PM. This Christian nonprofit is dedicated to ending hunger. A total of nine volunteers participated in the event. We packed MannaPack rice, which consists of four […]

Reported by LiangYu Tsai Posted by Daniel Wang On February 9, 2025, 7 AYLUS volunteers visited the Plano Animal Shelter and donated dog toys made from old clothes in the past.  We met at 3:00 PM and took a picture with our work.  Then we gathered up all the toys, a total of 139, and […]

Activity & Impact On February 1, 2025, five members of the AYLUS North Hollywood branch volunteered at an Academic Decathlon competition from 9am-5pm. Academic Decathlon is a high school team competition where students show their understanding of six various subjects. These subjects include art, economics, literature, music, science, and math. This was a very large […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou To celebrate the 2025 Chinese Lunar New Year, Huaxia Chinese School organized a celebration event at Ocean Air community Park. On February 8, 2025, the day before the event, 14 AYLUS members prepared delicious homemade Chinese food. The following two AYLUS members participated and each with 1.5 volunteer hours: Audrey Wu […]

On Saturday, February 8th, 2025, Newtown AYLUS members supported their community by volunteering at a local Chinese New Year celebration run by the Central Bucks Chinese-American Association and Pearl S. Buck International. This event aimed to bridge cultures together through learning and entertainment.  Dedicated members took on the initiative as they taught children and adults […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou   On February 10, 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 thursday, from 4:30-7:30pm, the AYLUS Roslyn branch assembled lanterns and decoration for the lunar new year celebration on Saturday.  The Lunar New Year is one of the biggest holidays in Chinese culture. This long awaited event is an opportunity for the chinese community to celebrate and honor their culture but also to share this […]

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 31st Beast Academy online class in 2024-2025 was on February 3-9, 2025. Beast Academy is a mathematics program for elementary and […]

On February 1st, from 1:30-3:30 pm, AYLUS Great Neck held another event at the Parkville Library. This was an AAPI event to learn about and celebrate the Lunar New Year. The volunteers came early to help set up all the tables and activities. At 2:00 kids came in and the volunteers Zoe and Rebecca read […]

On Friday 2/7/2025, 2 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) and Alex Hu participated, teaching from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Our volunteers taught two different classes, one for younger students and one for older […]

On Sunday, February 9, from 1:45PM to 3:45PM, the Aylus Great Neck Branch helped the therapeutic skating program at the Andrew Stergiopoulos Ice Rink. We met the skaters. We were then assigned one skater to teach and guide them how to skate. Ally and Paris helped many skaters in need, guiding them inside the border […]

On Saturday, February 8th, from 2:00PM to 3:30PM, the Aylus Great Neck Branch held an AAPI reading event at the Parkville Library. Tiffany first read the book “Let’s Celebrate Korean New Year!” followed by Irena reading “A Piece of Home” to all of the children who attended. Afterwards, the volunteers brought the children along in […]

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 […]

Reported by Eric Li On February 07, 2025, 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 Zhou Smiling Stars Reading Program is a new project by AYLUS San Diego and kicked off on September 23, 2023. This program serves a dual purpose: to facilitate meaningful connections with local children with autism and improve their communication skills, while simultaneously improving their foundational reading comprehension skills. Our commitment is not […]

Reported by Andrew Zhou Public libraries are invaluable community institutions that merit both recognition and unwavering support. Our local public library, Pacific Highlands Ranch Library, recently opened on November 9, 2024. The new library is an 18,000 square foot building designed to fit the changing needs of a modern neighborhood. It has a bookstore that […]

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 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, Yaming Wang, Annie Qi, Hubert Zheng, Hadrian Zheng

The Starry Art Choir with AYLUS members participate in the Lunar New Year Gala held byFujian Association , performing Chinese songs for better cultural immersion and to build up close relationships with various parties. Members and duration: 3 hours – Rena Wang, Yaming Wang

On 2/8/25 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 […]

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. 02/02 Forest Yang(2 hours), Aily Wei(2 hours) 02/03 Forest Yang(2 hours), […]

West Essex Aylus Volunteers attended Livingston Huaxia Chinese School on Saturday, Feb. 8, 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 […]

On Feb 8th, 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) Alex Jiang Junxi Wu      […]

AYLUS Basking Ridge organized its members to craft heartfelt Valentine’s Day cards to brighten the lives of  local cherished community members experiencing social isolation.  AYLUS Basking Ridge members handcrafted almost 100 cards. All these cards will be collected and sent to Fellowship Village and Residence at Basking Ridge. Angelina Gao,Yihao Zeng,Yige Zhou,Catherine Shen, Christine Shen, […]

On February 8th, 2025, AYLUS members collaborated with organizations at the Jewish Community Center to help prepare for the Lunar New Year Festival. Members were positioned to help distribute food while exchanging tickets, helping as stage crew, preparing rooms for organizations, and working at the front desk to check in visitors. Prior to the starting […]

On Saturday, February 8th, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, 2025 volunteers from the Aylus Roslyn Branch helped Nosh Delivers, a nonprofit food pantry that was founded during the pandemic to help struggling families in need. 5 years later they still provide nutritious groceries or “Nosh bags” to hundreds of families. When the volunteers arrived, […]

Written By Felix Zheng On February 8th, the Syosset AYLUS organization volunteered at the Long Island Native Plant Initiative, working at the greenhouse for the day. The primary goal for the day was to focus on seeds and prepare for the upcoming season. We started by moving in more soil batches inside the greenhouse to […]

On February 8, 2025, Two Members from AYLUS San Clemente Branch, Tylon and Miah Zhou spent some time volunteering at Mercy Warehouse from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The two members helped out by sorting donated clothing to keep things organized. They started by separating the men’s clothing, putting the tops on one rack and […]

Reported by Lillian Qian Posted by Lillian Qian On February 9, a group of volunteers from the Frisco & Plano branch of AYLUS gathered at the Lexington Country clubhouse to crochet for the Loops for Love project. Loops for Love distributes crochet hats to cancer patients at the local hospitals. The volunteers continued to work […]

On Saturday, February 8, 2025, the Newtown AYLUS team once again made a difference in the community by organizing a reading session for elementary schoolers. The  1st and 2nd graders read a story from Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo and  the 3rd through 5th graders read a story from Little House series by Laura […]

The Volunteers gave their time from 1-5 pm to make the Lunar New Year celebration at the Great Neck library possible. The celebration consisted of a show by the GNCA from 2-3 pm in the presentation room and various activities provided by AYLUS downstairs from 1-5 pm. Activities included Chinese knot making, Face painting, Chinese […]

Reported by Kaiting Hsu On Saturday, February 8th, the AYLUS Greater Tulsa Branch volunteered with the Asbury Second Saturday Volunteers at the Tulsa Dream Center. The Tulsa Dream Center is a nonprofit community center located in North Tulsa which aims to help break the cycle of poverty by providing food, sports, and education services to […]

In February, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) National Empowerment Education Committee Chair Xing Liao continued hosting a free tutoring program at 19 S 2nd Street, Highland Park, to help local students through a network with Interfaith RISE.  AYLUS has scheduled this Free Tutoring for any elementary, middle, or high school […]

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 […]

Since 2018, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) has been creating a positive impact on both children with autism and volunteers in the communities we serve throughout the State of New Jersey. Through various programs and initiatives, GPA aims to foster a deeper relationship between nature and children with autism plus […]

On February 8, 2025, volunteers from the Aylus Great Neck assisted Great Neck Park District and The Great Neck Chinese Association with the Spring Festival Gala.The volunteers started working at 11:30 a.m. and ended at 2:30 p.m. In the morning, the volunteers assisted in preparing the venue at the Andrew Sterglopoulos Ice Rink, mainly responsible […]